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County Federal Information Processing Standard Code

Output port that identifies a county or county equivalent in the United States and United States possessions. Some freely-associated states also uses this code.

The United States Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) maintains a set of codes that identify states, counties, and other territorial possessions. The two-digit state code identifies each state. The three-digit county code identifies a county within a state. The five digits of the state and county code can uniquely identify any county or county equivalent. The County Federal Information Processing Standard Code port contains the three digits of the county code.

County Federal Information Processing Standard Code Usage

Select County Federal Information Processing Standard Code to add the three-digit county code to a United States address.

Select County Federal Information Processing Standard Code and State Federal Information Processing Standard Code to write a FIPS code that unique identifies a county.

Port Location

The following table provides the location and default precision of the County Federal Information Processing Standard Code port:

Port Type	Port Group	Template Model	Precision
Output	US Supplementary	Basic	3

County Federal Information Processing Standard Code Output Codes

The county code is a three-digit number that identifies a county within a state. You can view the United States FIPS codes on the following site:

https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/2016/demo/popest/2016-fips.html

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Address Validator Port Reference

Address Validator Port Reference

County Federal Information Processing Standard Code

County Federal Information Processing Standard Code

County Federal Information Processing Standard Code Usage

Port Location

County Federal Information Processing Standard Code Output Codes