Ben Hill County
Georgia · County seat: Fitzgerald · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 13017 is Ben Hill County, Georgia. With a population of 17,169 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #101 in Georgia and #2013 nationally. Ben Hill County is part of the Fitzgerald, GA. The state FIPS code for Georgia is 13. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
13017
Population
17,169
2022 ACS · #2013 nationally
Density
68.6/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
250
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — urban 2.5K–19.9K, not adjacent to metro
RUCC 7
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 13017 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 13 (Georgia) with the 3-digit county identifier 017. Together they uniquely identify Ben Hill County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 13017
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 13017.
Median Household Income
$38,255
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
26.5%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
38.7
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (5)
Counties that share a border with Ben Hill County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 13017.
Federal Datasets Using Code 13017
FIPS code 13017 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 13017 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:017",
"in": "state:13",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Ben Hill County, Georgia, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '13017';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '13'
AND county_fips = '017';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 13017 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "13",
county = "017",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Ben Hill 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 Ben Hill County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 31750 | 74.5% |
| 31783 | 19.4% |
| 31798 | 12.5% |
| 31079 | 9.1% |