FIPS code 29003 is Andrew County, Missouri. With a population of 18,069 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #60 in Missouri and #1967 nationally. Andrew County is part of the St. Joseph, MO-KS. The state FIPS code for Missouri is 29. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
29003
Population
18,069
2022 ACS · #1967 nationally
Density
41.8/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
433
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — under 250K population
RUCC 3
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 29003 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 29 (Missouri) with the 3-digit county identifier 003. Together they uniquely identify Andrew County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 29003
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 29003.
Median Household Income
$68,774
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
7.6%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
41.5
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Andrew County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 29003.
Federal Datasets Using Code 29003
FIPS code 29003 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 29003 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:003",
"in": "state:29",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Andrew County, Missouri, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '29003';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '29'
AND county_fips = '003';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 29003 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "29",
county = "003",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Andrew 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 Andrew County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 64421 | 100.0% |
| 64436 | 100.0% |
| 64449 | 100.0% |
| 64459 | 100.0% |
| 64480 | 100.0% |
| 64483 | 100.0% |
| 64485 | 100.0% |
| 64427 | 82.3% |
| 64505 | 77.1% |
| 64494 | 53.1% |
| 64430 | 15.5% |
| 64457 | 14.5% |
| 64455 | 9.0% |
| 64463 | 7.7% |
| 64506 | 4.0% |
| 64423 | 2.1% |
| 64507 | 1.1% |