FIPS code 13223 is Paulding County, Georgia. With a population of 169,898 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #13 in Georgia and #388 nationally. Paulding County is part of the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, 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
13223
Population
169,898
2022 ACS · #388 nationally
Density
544.2/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
312
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — 1M+ population
RUCC 1
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 13223 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 13 (Georgia) with the 3-digit county identifier 223. Together they uniquely identify Paulding County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 13223
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 13223.
Median Household Income
$89,237
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
6.7%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
36.6
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Paulding County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 13223.
Federal Datasets Using Code 13223
FIPS code 13223 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 13223 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:223",
"in": "state:13",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Paulding County, Georgia, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '13223';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '13'
AND county_fips = '223';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 13223 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "13",
county = "223",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Paulding 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 Paulding County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 30132 | 100.0% |
| 30141 | 99.8% |
| 30157 | 99.0% |
| 30134 | 32.4% |
| 30179 | 27.4% |
| 30101 | 26.4% |
| 30153 | 20.1% |
| 30178 | 16.8% |
| 30127 | 15.1% |
| 30180 | 9.8% |
| 30120 | 0.4% |