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45037 County FIPS Code

Edgefield County

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

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FIPS code 45037 is Edgefield County, South Carolina. With a population of 26,181 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #36 in South Carolina and #1592 nationally. Edgefield County is part of the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC. 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

45037

State FIPS

45

SC

Population

26,181

2022 ACS · #1592 nationally

Density

52.3/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

500

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Metro — 250K–1M population

RUCC 2

How This FIPS Code Works

45 037
45 = State FIPS (South Carolina)
037 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 45037 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 45 (South Carolina) with the 3-digit county identifier 037. Together they uniquely identify Edgefield County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 45037

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 45037.

Median Household Income

$60,033

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

17.0%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

42.9

ACS B01002_001E

Metropolitan Area

Adjacent Counties (6)

Counties that share a border with Edgefield County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 45037.

Federal Datasets Using Code 45037

FIPS code 45037 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 45037 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 45037
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:037",
    "in":   "state:45",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Edgefield County, South Carolina, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 45037
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '45037';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '45'
  AND county_fips = '037';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 45037 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 45037
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "45",
  county    = "037",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 45 (not 45) and 037 (not 37) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
29824 98.3%
29860 85.5%
29847 75.6%
29838 67.0%
29832 66.5%
29821 52.6%
29835 15.8%
29129 12.1%
29845 8.7%
29138 0.4%

Other Counties in South Carolina