Prentiss County
Mississippi · County seat: Booneville · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 28117 is Prentiss County, Mississippi. With a population of 24,945 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #37 in Mississippi and #1646 nationally. Prentiss 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
28117
Population
24,945
2022 ACS · #1646 nationally
Density
60.1/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
415
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 28117 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 28 (Mississippi) with the 3-digit county identifier 117. Together they uniquely identify Prentiss County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 28117
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 28117.
Median Household Income
$51,578
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
16.3%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
38.0
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Prentiss County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 28117.
Federal Datasets Using Code 28117
FIPS code 28117 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 28117 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:28",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Prentiss County, Mississippi, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '28117';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '28'
AND county_fips = '117';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 28117 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "28",
county = "117",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Prentiss 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 Prentiss County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 38859 | 100.0% |
| 38829 | 92.7% |
| 38824 | 47.4% |
| 38856 | 45.9% |
| 38865 | 21.3% |
| 38833 | 7.9% |
| 38873 | 6.8% |
| 38838 | 0.9% |