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45025 County FIPS Code

Chesterfield County

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

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FIPS code 45025 is Chesterfield County, South Carolina. With a population of 43,536 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #25 in South Carolina and #1117 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

45025

State FIPS

45

SC

Population

43,536

2022 ACS · #1117 nationally

Density

54.5/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

799

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — urban 2.5K–19.9K, adjacent to metro

RUCC 6

How This FIPS Code Works

45 025
45 = State FIPS (South Carolina)
025 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 45025 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 45 (South Carolina) with the 3-digit county identifier 025. Together they uniquely identify Chesterfield County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 45025

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 45025.

Median Household Income

$46,326

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

20.3%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

42.6

ACS B01002_001E

Adjacent Counties (7)

Counties that share a border with Chesterfield County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 45025.

Federal Datasets Using Code 45025

FIPS code 45025 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 45025 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 45025
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:025",
    "in":   "state:45",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Chesterfield County, South Carolina, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 45025
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '45025';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '45'
  AND county_fips = '025';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 45025 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 45025
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "45",
  county    = "025",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 45 (not 45) and 025 (not 25) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
29727 100.0%
29584 100.0%
29728 100.0%
29709 100.0%
29741 100.0%
29520 100.0%
29718 90.5%
29101 87.1%
29593 35.9%
29550 16.6%
29009 6.1%

Other Counties in South Carolina