Muscogee County
Georgia · County seat: Columbus · County equivalent (e.g. borough in AK, parish in LA)
FIPS code 13215 is Muscogee County, Georgia. With a population of 204,572 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #12 in Georgia and #332 nationally. Muscogee 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
13215
Population
204,572
2022 ACS · #332 nationally
Density
945.4/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
216
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — 250K–1M population
RUCC 2
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 13215 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 13 (Georgia) with the 3-digit county identifier 215. Together they uniquely identify Muscogee County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 13215
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 13215.
Median Household Income
$54,561
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
18.7%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
34.9
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (5)
Counties that share a border with Muscogee County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 13215.
Federal Datasets Using Code 13215
FIPS code 13215 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 13215 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:215",
"in": "state:13",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Muscogee County, Georgia, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '13215';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '13'
AND county_fips = '215';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 13215 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "13",
county = "215",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Muscogee 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 Muscogee County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 31909 | 100.0% |
| 31901 | 100.0% |
| 31903 | 100.0% |
| 31904 | 100.0% |
| 31906 | 100.0% |
| 31907 | 100.0% |
| 31829 | 84.1% |
| 31820 | 60.3% |
| 31808 | 20.8% |
| 31905 | 19.0% |
| 31801 | 2.4% |