Wilkinson County
Georgia · County seat: Irwinton · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 13319 is Wilkinson County, Georgia. With a population of 8,852 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #133 in Georgia and #2567 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
13319
Population
8,852
2022 ACS · #2567 nationally
Density
19.8/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
447
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — rural, adjacent to metro
RUCC 8
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 13319 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 13 (Georgia) with the 3-digit county identifier 319. Together they uniquely identify Wilkinson County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 13319
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 13319.
Median Household Income
$40,757
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
21.8%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
42.2
ACS B01002_001E
Adjacent Counties (7)
Counties that share a border with Wilkinson County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 13319.
Federal Datasets Using Code 13319
FIPS code 13319 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 13319 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:319",
"in": "state:13",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Wilkinson County, Georgia, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '13319';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '13'
AND county_fips = '319';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 13319 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "13",
county = "319",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Wilkinson 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 Wilkinson County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 31003 | 100.0% |
| 31042 | 100.0% |
| 31054 | 100.0% |
| 31090 | 100.0% |
| 31031 | 66.0% |
| 31017 | 53.0% |
| 31061 | 14.7% |
| 31044 | 8.9% |
| 31065 | 7.3% |