Marion County
Georgia · County seat: Buena Vista · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 13197 is Marion County, Georgia. With a population of 7,508 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #143 in Georgia and #2687 nationally. Marion County is part of the Columbus, GA-AL. 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
13197
Population
7,508
2022 ACS · #2687 nationally
Density
20.5/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
366
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — 250K–1M population
RUCC 2
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 13197 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 13 (Georgia) with the 3-digit county identifier 197. Together they uniquely identify Marion County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 13197
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 13197.
Median Household Income
$48,836
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
12.4%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
43.8
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (7)
Counties that share a border with Marion County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 13197.
Federal Datasets Using Code 13197
FIPS code 13197 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 13197 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:197",
"in": "state:13",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Marion County, Georgia, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '13197';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '13'
AND county_fips = '197';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 13197 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "13",
county = "197",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Marion 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 Marion County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 31803 | 93.7% |
| 31801 | 65.0% |
| 31058 | 39.5% |
| 31824 | 1.8% |