FIPS code 13287 is Turner County, Georgia. With a population of 8,894 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #132 in Georgia and #2564 nationally. Turner County is part of the Tifton, 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
13287
Population
8,894
2022 ACS · #2564 nationally
Density
31.2/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
285
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — completely rural
RUCC 9
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 13287 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 13 (Georgia) with the 3-digit county identifier 287. Together they uniquely identify Turner County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 13287
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 13287.
Median Household Income
$39,666
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
22.4%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
38.9
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Turner County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 13287.
Federal Datasets Using Code 13287
FIPS code 13287 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 13287 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:287",
"in": "state:13",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Turner County, Georgia, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '13287';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '13'
AND county_fips = '287';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 13287 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "13",
county = "287",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Turner 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 Turner County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 31790 | 94.1% |
| 31714 | 91.4% |
| 31783 | 52.5% |
| 31712 | 20.5% |