McPherson County
Kansas · County seat: McPherson · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 20113 is McPherson County, Kansas. With a population of 30,085 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #20 in Kansas and #1465 nationally. McPherson County is part of the McPherson, KS. The state FIPS code for Kansas is 20. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
20113
Population
30,085
2022 ACS · #1465 nationally
Density
33.5/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
898
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — urban 2.5K–19.9K, not adjacent to metro
RUCC 7
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 20113 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 20 (Kansas) with the 3-digit county identifier 113. Together they uniquely identify McPherson County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 20113
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 20113.
Median Household Income
$71,250
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
10.6%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
39.8
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (7)
Counties that share a border with McPherson County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 20113.
Federal Datasets Using Code 20113
FIPS code 20113 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 20113 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:113",
"in": "state:20",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [McPherson County, Kansas, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '20113';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '20'
AND county_fips = '113';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 20113 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "20",
county = "113",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in McPherson 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 McPherson County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 67443 | 100.0% |
| 67460 | 100.0% |
| 67476 | 100.0% |
| 67428 | 86.5% |
| 67546 | 79.8% |
| 67491 | 79.0% |
| 67107 | 69.7% |
| 67456 | 68.5% |
| 67464 | 59.2% |
| 67448 | 25.2% |
| 67416 | 12.6% |
| 67062 | 7.3% |
| 67114 | 1.4% |