FIPS code 20193 is Thomas County, Kansas. With a population of 7,907 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #48 in Kansas and #2652 nationally. 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
20193
Population
7,907
2022 ACS · #2652 nationally
Density
7.4/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
1,075
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 20193 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 20 (Kansas) with the 3-digit county identifier 193. Together they uniquely identify Thomas County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 20193
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 20193.
Median Household Income
$72,417
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
6.6%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
35.2
ACS B01002_001E
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Thomas County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 20193.
Federal Datasets Using Code 20193
FIPS code 20193 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 20193 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:193",
"in": "state:20",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Thomas County, Kansas, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '20193';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '20'
AND county_fips = '193';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 20193 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "20",
county = "193",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Thomas 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 Thomas County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 67743 | 90.2% |
| 67701 | 87.2% |
| 67734 | 58.9% |
| 67753 | 52.7% |
| 67732 | 50.0% |
| 67748 | 33.7% |
| 67747 | 7.2% |
| 67764 | 5.9% |