diff --git a/src/IPData/Http/Serializer/IntJsonConverter.cs b/src/IPData/Http/Serializer/IntJsonConverter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82dd6db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/IPData/Http/Serializer/IntJsonConverter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+using System;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+
+namespace IPData.Http.Serializer
+{
+    internal class IntJsonConverter : JsonConverter<int>
+    {
+        public override int Read(ref Utf8JsonReader reader, Type typeToConvert, JsonSerializerOptions options)
+        {
+            if (reader.TokenType == JsonTokenType.String)
+            {
+                var stringValue = reader.GetString();
+                if (int.TryParse(stringValue, out var value))
+                {
+                    return value;
+                }
+
+                throw new JsonException($"Unable to convert \"{stringValue}\" to System.Int32.");
+            }
+
+            return reader.GetInt32();
+        }
+
+        public override void Write(Utf8JsonWriter writer, int value, JsonSerializerOptions options)
+        {
+            writer.WriteNumberValue(value);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/IPData/Models/IPLookupResult.cs b/src/IPData/Models/IPLookupResult.cs
index 4f8e819..e69f754 100644
--- a/src/IPData/Models/IPLookupResult.cs
+++ b/src/IPData/Models/IPLookupResult.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using System.Linq.Expressions;
 using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 using IPData.Helpers.Extensions;
+using IPData.Http.Serializer;
 
 namespace IPData.Models
 {
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ public class IPLookupResult
         public int? Status { get; set; }
 
         [JsonPropertyName("count")]
+        [JsonConverter(typeof(IntJsonConverter))]
         public int Count { get; set; }
 
         internal static string FieldName(Expression<Func<IPLookupResult, object>> expression)
diff --git a/test/Unit/IPData.Tests/DataSources/TestData/IPLookupResult.json b/test/Unit/IPData.Tests/DataSources/TestData/IPLookupResult.json
index 1acfaa5..f7332c0 100644
--- a/test/Unit/IPData.Tests/DataSources/TestData/IPLookupResult.json
+++ b/test/Unit/IPData.Tests/DataSources/TestData/IPLookupResult.json
@@ -67,5 +67,6 @@
     "is_bogon": false,
     "blocklists": []
   },
-  "status": 200
+  "status": 200,
+  "count": "213586"
 }
diff --git a/test/Unit/IPData.Tests/Http/Serializer/JsonSerializerTests.cs b/test/Unit/IPData.Tests/Http/Serializer/JsonSerializerTests.cs
index 5920b41..7e9a6cc 100644
--- a/test/Unit/IPData.Tests/Http/Serializer/JsonSerializerTests.cs
+++ b/test/Unit/IPData.Tests/Http/Serializer/JsonSerializerTests.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,32 @@ public void Deserialize_WhenCalled_ReturnedIPLookupResult(string json)
             actual.Should().NotBeNull();
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void Deserialize_CountAsString_ParsedCorrectly()
+        {
+            // Arrange - API returns count as a string (issue #35)
+            var json = "{\"count\": \"213586\"}";
+
+            // Act
+            var actual = _sut.Deserialize<IPLookupResult>(json);
+
+            // Assert
+            actual.Count.Should().Be(213586);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Deserialize_CountAsNumber_ParsedCorrectly()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var json = "{\"count\": 213586}";
+
+            // Act
+            var actual = _sut.Deserialize<IPLookupResult>(json);
+
+            // Assert
+            actual.Count.Should().Be(213586);
+        }
+
         [Theory, AutoMoqData]
         public void SerializeIPLookupResult_WhenCalled_ReturnedString(IPLookupResult ipInfo)
         {