FIPS code 20173 is Sedgwick County, Kansas. With a population of 522,700 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #2 in Kansas and #133 nationally. Sedgwick County is part of the Wichita, 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
20173
Population
522,700
2022 ACS · #133 nationally
Density
524.0/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
998
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — 250K–1M population
RUCC 2
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 20173 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 20 (Kansas) with the 3-digit county identifier 173. Together they uniquely identify Sedgwick County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 20173
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 20173.
Median Household Income
$65,372
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
13.7%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
35.8
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Sedgwick County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 20173.
Federal Datasets Using Code 20173
FIPS code 20173 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 20173 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:173",
"in": "state:20",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Sedgwick County, Kansas, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '20173';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '20'
AND county_fips = '173';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 20173 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "20",
county = "173",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Sedgwick 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 Sedgwick County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 67260 | 100.0% |
| 67016 | 100.0% |
| 67214 | 100.0% |
| 67215 | 100.0% |
| 67216 | 100.0% |
| 67217 | 100.0% |
| 67218 | 100.0% |
| 67219 | 100.0% |
| 67220 | 100.0% |
| 67221 | 100.0% |
| 67223 | 100.0% |
| 67226 | 100.0% |
| 67227 | 100.0% |
| 67228 | 100.0% |
| 67232 | 100.0% |
| 67235 | 100.0% |
| 67001 | 100.0% |
| 67030 | 100.0% |
| 67037 | 100.0% |
| 67052 | 100.0% |
| 67055 | 100.0% |
| 67060 | 100.0% |
| 67067 | 100.0% |
| 67101 | 100.0% |
| 67149 | 100.0% |
| 67202 | 100.0% |
| 67203 | 100.0% |
| 67204 | 100.0% |
| 67205 | 100.0% |
| 67206 | 100.0% |
Showing top 30 of 52 ZIP codes by residential address share.