Quitman County
Georgia · County seat: Georgetown · County equivalent (e.g. borough in AK, parish in LA)
FIPS code 13239 is Quitman County, Georgia. With a population of 2,180 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #158 in Georgia and #3099 nationally. Quitman County is part of the Eufaula, AL-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
13239
Population
2,180
2022 ACS · #3099 nationally
Density
14.4/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
151
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — rural, adjacent to metro
RUCC 8
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 13239 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 13 (Georgia) with the 3-digit county identifier 239. Together they uniquely identify Quitman County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 13239
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 13239.
Median Household Income
$38,889
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
15.3%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
59.1
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (4)
Counties that share a border with Quitman County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 13239.
Federal Datasets Using Code 13239
FIPS code 13239 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 13239 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:239",
"in": "state:13",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Quitman County, Georgia, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '13239';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '13'
AND county_fips = '239';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 13239 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "13",
county = "239",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Quitman 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 Quitman County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 39854 | 93.6% |
| 39867 | 45.5% |