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Convert a FIPS County Code to/from a County Name

Reset the form to the default values.

Or, bypass this web page and do FIPS county conversions from within a computer program.

Or, view the entire FIPS county list in these file types: .csv, .htmlTable, .json, .mat, .nc, .tsv, or .xhtml.

Notes

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• Exact Match - This service requires exact matches. Entering a partial county code or
  county name, or using a different case (upper or lower), will result in an error
  error message.
   
• 5-Digit Codes - This service works with the 5-digit version of the FIPS county codes.
  The first two digits are the FIPS state code. The last three digits are the FIPS
  county code within that state or possession.
   
• County Names - The format for the county names isn't standardized.
  Here, they are written as "STATE, County Name", where STATE is the 2-letter
  postal abbreviation.
   
• States - This service includes the state names in with the county names.
  The last 3 digits of the state's "county" codes are 000. For example, 06000 = CA.
   
• County-Equivalent Entities - This service includes county-equivalent entities from
  U.S. protectorates and freely associated states from Appendix A and B of the
  official FIPS list. The state-level entities are:
  60000=AS=AMERICA SAMOA
  64000=FM=FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA
  66000=GU=GUAM
  68000=MH=MARSHALL ISLANDS
  69000=MP=NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
  70000=PW=PALAU
  72000=PR=PUERTO RICO
  74000=UM=U.S. MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS
  78000=VI=VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES
   

Want To Do FIPS County Conversions from within a Computer Program?

• An example which converts a FIPS county code into a county name is
  http://upwell.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/convert/fipscounty.txt?code=06053
   
• An example which converts a county name into a FIPS county code is
  http://upwell.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/convert/fipscounty.txt?county=CA%2C%20Monterey