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45029 County FIPS Code

Colleton County

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

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FIPS code 45029 is Colleton County, South Carolina. With a population of 38,561 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #26 in South Carolina and #1225 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

45029

State FIPS

45

SC

Population

38,561

2022 ACS · #1225 nationally

Density

36.5/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

1,056

sq miles

Urban/Rural

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

RUCC 6

How This FIPS Code Works

45 029
45 = State FIPS (South Carolina)
029 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 45029 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 45 (South Carolina) with the 3-digit county identifier 029. Together they uniquely identify Colleton County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 45029

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 45029.

Median Household Income

$46,795

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

16.6%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

41.6

ACS B01002_001E

Adjacent Counties (7)

Counties that share a border with Colleton County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 45029.

Federal Datasets Using Code 45029

FIPS code 45029 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 45029 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 45029
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:029",
    "in":   "state:45",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Colleton County, South Carolina, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 45029
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '45029';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '45'
  AND county_fips = '029';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 45029 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 45029
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "45",
  county    = "029",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 45 (not 45) and 029 (not 29) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
29488 100.0%
29474 100.0%
29475 100.0%
29435 100.0%
29929 100.0%
29446 100.0%
29452 100.0%
29493 100.0%
29082 96.8%
29481 84.6%
29945 42.2%
29081 14.6%
29438 9.1%
29472 7.9%

Other Counties in South Carolina