FIPS code 01047 is Dallas County, Alabama. With a population of 38,326 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #31 in Alabama and #1232 nationally. Dallas County is part of the Selma, AL. The state FIPS code for Alabama is 01. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
01047
Population
38,326
2022 ACS · #1232 nationally
Density
39.2/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
979
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — urban 20K+, adjacent to metro
RUCC 4
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 01047 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 01 (Alabama) with the 3-digit county identifier 047. Together they uniquely identify Dallas County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 01047
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 01047.
Median Household Income
$37,180
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
27.1%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
40.4
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Dallas County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 01047.
Federal Datasets Using Code 01047
FIPS code 01047 appears as the county identifier in the following federal datasets. Analysts joining data across these sources use this code as the common geographic key.
Using FIPS Code 01047 in Code
Common patterns for querying federal datasets by this county's FIPS code. The leading zeros are significant — always treat FIPS codes as strings, not integers.
import requests
url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
"get": "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
"for": "county:047",
"in": "state:01",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Dallas County, Alabama, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '01047';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '01'
AND county_fips = '047';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 1047 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "01",
county = "047",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Dallas County
ZIP codes do not align perfectly with county boundaries — a single ZIP code can span multiple counties, and a county can contain parts of many ZIP codes. The ratios below (from the Census 2020 ZCTA relationship file) show the land area share of each ZCTA that falls within Dallas County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 36767 | 100.0% |
| 36773 | 89.4% |
| 36759 | 79.6% |
| 36703 | 74.5% |
| 36775 | 64.3% |
| 36701 | 63.4% |
| 36761 | 59.7% |
| 36785 | 43.9% |
| 36758 | 31.2% |
| 36749 | 16.5% |