Wilkes County
Georgia · County seat: Washington · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 13317 is Wilkes County, Georgia. With a population of 9,610 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #126 in Georgia and #2512 nationally. 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
13317
Population
9,610
2022 ACS · #2512 nationally
Density
20.5/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
469
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — rural, adjacent to metro
RUCC 8
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 13317 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 13 (Georgia) with the 3-digit county identifier 317. Together they uniquely identify Wilkes County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 13317
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 13317.
Median Household Income
$51,780
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
17.8%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
45.5
ACS B01002_001E
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Wilkes County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 13317.
Federal Datasets Using Code 13317
FIPS code 13317 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 13317 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:317",
"in": "state:13",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Wilkes County, Georgia, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '13317';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '13'
AND county_fips = '317';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 13317 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "13",
county = "317",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Wilkes 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 Wilkes County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 30673 | 100.0% |
| 30668 | 84.2% |
| 30660 | 62.9% |
| 30631 | 3.0% |
| 30817 | 2.0% |