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12029 County FIPS Code

Dixie County

Florida · County seat: Cross City · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 12029 is Dixie County, Florida. With a population of 16,737 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #58 in Florida and #2046 nationally. The state FIPS code for Florida is 12. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.

County FIPS

12029

State FIPS

12

FL

Population

16,737

2022 ACS · #2046 nationally

Density

23.7/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

705

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — rural, adjacent to metro

RUCC 8

How This FIPS Code Works

12 029
12 = State FIPS (Florida)
029 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 12029 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 12 (Florida) with the 3-digit county identifier 029. Together they uniquely identify Dixie County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 12029

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 12029.

Median Household Income

$45,057

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

16.2%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

45.8

ACS B01002_001E

Adjacent Counties (4)

Counties that share a border with Dixie County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 12029.

Federal Datasets Using Code 12029

FIPS code 12029 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 12029 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.

Census ACS API — Python 12029
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:029",
    "in":   "state:12",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Dixie County, Florida, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 12029
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '12029';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '12'
  AND county_fips = '029';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 12029 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 12029
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "12",
  county    = "029",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 12 (not 12) and 029 (not 29) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

ZIP Codes in Dixie 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 Dixie County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →

ZIP Code % in county
32628 100.0%
32648 100.0%
32680 100.0%
32692 100.0%
32359 61.1%
32008 5.4%

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