FIPS code 13175 is Laurens County, Georgia. With a population of 49,407 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #42 in Georgia and #1009 nationally. Laurens County is part of the Dublin, 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
13175
Population
49,407
2022 ACS · #1009 nationally
Density
61.2/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
807
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — urban 20K+, adjacent to metro
RUCC 4
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 13175 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 13 (Georgia) with the 3-digit county identifier 175. Together they uniquely identify Laurens County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 13175
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 13175.
Median Household Income
$46,776
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
24.4%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
39.2
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (8)
Counties that share a border with Laurens County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 13175.
Federal Datasets Using Code 13175
FIPS code 13175 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 13175 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:175",
"in": "state:13",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Laurens County, Georgia, income, pop, ...]
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '13175';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '13'
AND county_fips = '175';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 13175 is WRONG for this county
library(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "13",
county = "175",
year = 2022
)
ZIP Codes in Laurens 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 Laurens County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 31027 | 100.0% |
| 31009 | 100.0% |
| 31075 | 100.0% |
| 31019 | 100.0% |
| 31021 | 100.0% |
| 30454 | 100.0% |
| 31022 | 95.1% |
| 31065 | 66.0% |
| 30428 | 25.4% |
| 31002 | 21.8% |
| 30411 | 14.9% |
| 31037 | 8.9% |
| 31096 | 4.3% |
| 31011 | 3.9% |
| 31012 | 2.7% |