US Counties and FIPS

County FIPS codes, names, areas, populations, centroids and density from US Census Bureau data.

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EndpointPriceWhat it answers
GET /counties-by-population$0.02Rank US counties by July 2025 population estimate, nationally or within one state; largest or smallest first.
GET /counties-in-state$0.02List a state's counties or county equivalents with FIPS, population and land area; resolves FIPS, postal code or name.
GET /county-density$0.02Population density of a US county per square mile and km of land, with national and state rank and US average.
GET /county-lookup$0.02US county by 5-digit FIPS or name plus state: name, area, population, density, centroid. Census Bureau data.
GET /county-nearest-to-point$0.02Counties whose Census centroids are nearest a latitude and longitude, with great-circle distance. Not point-in-polygon.
GET /county-search$0.02Search US counties by full or partial name, optionally within one state; ranked, capped at 50.
GET /fips-parse-and-validate$0.02Split a county FIPS into state and county parts, check both exist, flag retired, legacy or zero-dropped codes.
GET /state-summary$0.02State totals from county data: county count, land and water area, population, density, largest and smallest counties.

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Reference data from US Census Bureau Gazetteer files and Population Estimates (US public domain), provided as is. Counties and FIPS codes change; populations are July 1 estimates, not counts, and centroids are internal points, not addresses or boundaries. Not for legal, tax, voting or eligibility decisions; verify at census.gov. Every paid response carries a disclaimer field.