Pipestone County
Minnesota · County seat: Pipestone · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 27117 is Pipestone County, Minnesota. With a population of 9,380 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #72 in Minnesota and #2530 nationally. The state FIPS code for Minnesota is 27. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
27117
Population
9,380
2022 ACS · #2530 nationally
Density
20.2/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
465
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — rural, adjacent to metro
RUCC 8
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 27117 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 27 (Minnesota) with the 3-digit county identifier 117. Together they uniquely identify Pipestone County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 27117
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 27117.
Median Household Income
$68,341
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
13.0%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
40.0
ACS B01002_001E
Adjacent Counties (7)
Counties that share a border with Pipestone County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 27117.
Federal Datasets Using Code 27117
FIPS code 27117 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 27117 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:117",
"in": "state:27",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Pipestone County, Minnesota, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '27117';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '27'
AND county_fips = '117';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 27117 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "27",
county = "117",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Pipestone 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 Pipestone County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 56139 | 100.0% |
| 56140 | 100.0% |
| 56164 | 87.3% |
| 56186 | 60.6% |
| 56128 | 58.8% |
| 56170 | 50.0% |
| 56144 | 38.8% |
| 57026 | 9.7% |
| 56149 | 4.3% |