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45033 County FIPS Code

Dillon County

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

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FIPS code 45033 is Dillon County, South Carolina. With a population of 28,255 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #33 in South Carolina and #1519 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

45033

State FIPS

45

SC

Population

28,255

2022 ACS · #1519 nationally

Density

69.8/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

405

sq miles

Urban/Rural

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

RUCC 6

How This FIPS Code Works

45 033
45 = State FIPS (South Carolina)
033 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 45033 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 45 (South Carolina) with the 3-digit county identifier 033. Together they uniquely identify Dillon County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 45033

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 45033.

Median Household Income

$42,454

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

31.6%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

37.5

ACS B01002_001E

Adjacent Counties (6)

Counties that share a border with Dillon County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 45033.

Federal Datasets Using Code 45033

FIPS code 45033 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 45033 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 45033
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:033",
    "in":   "state:45",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Dillon County, South Carolina, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 45033
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '45033';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '45'
  AND county_fips = '033';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 45033 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 45033
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "45",
  county    = "033",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 45 (not 45) and 033 (not 33) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
29567 100.0%
29536 100.0%
29543 100.0%
29547 100.0%
29563 100.0%
29565 92.4%
29592 42.7%
29581 15.5%
29525 5.4%
29574 0.4%
29571 0.4%

Other Counties in South Carolina