Schuyler County
Missouri · County seat: Lancaster · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 29197 is Schuyler County, Missouri. With a population of 4,066 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #112 in Missouri and #2951 nationally. Schuyler County is part of the Kirksville, MO. 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
29197
Population
4,066
2022 ACS · #2951 nationally
Density
13.2/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
307
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — completely rural
RUCC 9
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 29197 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 29 (Missouri) with the 3-digit county identifier 197. Together they uniquely identify Schuyler County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 29197
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 29197.
Median Household Income
$53,728
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
10.2%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
39.4
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (5)
Counties that share a border with Schuyler County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 29197.
Federal Datasets Using Code 29197
FIPS code 29197 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 29197 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:197",
"in": "state:29",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Schuyler County, Missouri, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '29197';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '29'
AND county_fips = '197';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 29197 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "29",
county = "197",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Schuyler 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 Schuyler County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 63541 | 100.0% |
| 63548 | 100.0% |
| 63561 | 100.0% |
| 63535 | 68.3% |
| 63536 | 55.1% |
| 63546 | 33.1% |