Benton County
Mississippi · County seat: Ashland · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 28009 is Benton County, Mississippi. With a population of 7,637 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #78 in Mississippi and #2673 nationally. Benton County is part of the Memphis, TN-MS-AR. The state FIPS code for Mississippi is 28. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
28009
Population
7,637
2022 ACS · #2673 nationally
Density
18.8/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
407
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — 1M+ population
RUCC 1
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 28009 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 28 (Mississippi) with the 3-digit county identifier 009. Together they uniquely identify Benton County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 28009
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 28009.
Median Household Income
$38,750
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
17.6%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
41.7
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (5)
Counties that share a border with Benton County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 28009.
Federal Datasets Using Code 28009
FIPS code 28009 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 28009 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:009",
"in": "state:28",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Benton County, Mississippi, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '28009';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '28'
AND county_fips = '009';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 28009 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "28",
county = "009",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Benton 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 Benton County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 38647 | 100.0% |
| 38603 | 96.0% |
| 38633 | 80.0% |
| 38642 | 55.1% |
| 38629 | 28.9% |
| 38659 | 19.7% |
| 38610 | 15.6% |
| 38650 | 8.2% |
| 38683 | 6.8% |
| 38635 | 6.1% |
| 38663 | 0.8% |