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45041 County FIPS Code

Florence County

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

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FIPS code 45041 is Florence County, South Carolina. With a population of 137,015 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #13 in South Carolina and #470 nationally. Florence County is part of the Florence, 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

45041

State FIPS

45

SC

Population

137,015

2022 ACS · #470 nationally

Density

171.3/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

800

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Metro — under 250K population

RUCC 3

How This FIPS Code Works

45 041
45 = State FIPS (South Carolina)
041 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 45041 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 45 (South Carolina) with the 3-digit county identifier 041. Together they uniquely identify Florence County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 45041

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 45041.

Median Household Income

$56,088

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

17.8%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

39.0

ACS B01002_001E

Metropolitan Area

Adjacent Counties (8)

Counties that share a border with Florence County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 45041.

Federal Datasets Using Code 45041

FIPS code 45041 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 45041 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 45041
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:041",
    "in":   "state:45",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Florence County, South Carolina, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 45041
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '45041';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '45'
  AND county_fips = '041';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 45041 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 45041
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "45",
  county    = "041",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 45 (not 45) and 041 (not 41) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
29591 100.0%
29505 100.0%
29530 100.0%
29541 100.0%
29583 100.0%
29506 98.1%
29555 92.5%
29501 85.5%
29161 75.7%
29114 58.9%
29560 48.1%
29554 0.8%

Other Counties in South Carolina