FIPS code 13259 is Stewart County, Georgia. With a population of 5,121 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #151 in Georgia and #2886 nationally. Stewart 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
13259
Population
5,121
2022 ACS · #2886 nationally
Density
11.2/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
459
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — 250K–1M population
RUCC 2
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 13259 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 13 (Georgia) with the 3-digit county identifier 259. Together they uniquely identify Stewart County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 13259
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 13259.
Median Household Income
$43,094
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
21.9%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
37.4
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (7)
Counties that share a border with Stewart County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 13259.
Federal Datasets Using Code 13259
FIPS code 13259 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 13259 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:259",
"in": "state:13",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Stewart County, Georgia, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '13259';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '13'
AND county_fips = '259';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 13259 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "13",
county = "259",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Stewart 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 Stewart County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 31814 | 100.0% |
| 31815 | 100.0% |
| 31821 | 100.0% |
| 31825 | 70.2% |
| 31805 | 16.6% |
| 39867 | 9.2% |