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45011 County FIPS Code

Barnwell County

South Carolina · County seat: Barnwell · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 45011 is Barnwell County, South Carolina. With a population of 20,653 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #39 in South Carolina and #1830 nationally. The state FIPS code for South Carolina is 45. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.

County FIPS

45011

State FIPS

45

SC

Population

20,653

2022 ACS · #1830 nationally

Density

37.7/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

548

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — rural, adjacent to metro

RUCC 8

How This FIPS Code Works

45 011
45 = State FIPS (South Carolina)
011 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 45011 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 45 (South Carolina) with the 3-digit county identifier 011. Together they uniquely identify Barnwell County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 45011

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 45011.

Median Household Income

$42,470

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

25.3%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

40.9

ACS B01002_001E

Adjacent Counties (5)

Counties that share a border with Barnwell County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 45011.

Federal Datasets Using Code 45011

FIPS code 45011 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 45011 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.

Census ACS API — Python 45011
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:011",
    "in":   "state:45",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Barnwell County, South Carolina, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 45011
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '45011';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '45'
  AND county_fips = '011';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 45011 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 45011
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "45",
  county    = "011",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 45 (not 45) and 011 (not 11) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

ZIP Codes in Barnwell 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 Barnwell County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →

ZIP Code % in county
29826 100.0%
29812 97.7%
29817 83.8%
29853 75.1%
29849 26.5%
29843 18.6%
29836 17.0%

Other Counties in South Carolina