FIPS code 28081 is Lee County, Mississippi. With a population of 83,343 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #7 in Mississippi and #690 nationally. Lee County is part of the Tupelo, MS. 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
28081
Population
83,343
2022 ACS · #690 nationally
Density
185.2/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
450
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — urban 20K+, not adjacent to metro
RUCC 5
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 28081 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 28 (Mississippi) with the 3-digit county identifier 081. Together they uniquely identify Lee County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 28081
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 28081.
Median Household Income
$64,479
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
13.5%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
37.4
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Lee County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 28081.
Federal Datasets Using Code 28081
FIPS code 28081 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 28081 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:081",
"in": "state:28",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Lee County, Mississippi, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '28081';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '28'
AND county_fips = '081';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 28081 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "28",
county = "081",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Lee 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 Lee County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 38857 | 100.0% |
| 38879 | 100.0% |
| 38866 | 100.0% |
| 38862 | 100.0% |
| 38804 | 97.7% |
| 38801 | 82.7% |
| 38849 | 81.0% |
| 38868 | 74.2% |
| 38826 | 28.7% |
| 38824 | 24.7% |
| 38858 | 17.6% |
| 38828 | 4.0% |
| 38860 | 3.4% |
| 38843 | 0.5% |
| 38855 | 0.0% |