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45053 County FIPS Code

Jasper County

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

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FIPS code 45053 is Jasper County, South Carolina. With a population of 29,444 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #31 in South Carolina and #1474 nationally. Jasper County is part of the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, 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

45053

State FIPS

45

SC

Population

29,444

2022 ACS · #1474 nationally

Density

44.9/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

655

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Metro — under 250K population

RUCC 3

How This FIPS Code Works

45 053
45 = State FIPS (South Carolina)
053 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 45053 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 45 (South Carolina) with the 3-digit county identifier 053. Together they uniquely identify Jasper County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 45053

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 45053.

Median Household Income

$60,452

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

17.9%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

43.6

ACS B01002_001E

Metropolitan Area

Adjacent Counties (4)

Counties that share a border with Jasper County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 45053.

Federal Datasets Using Code 45053

FIPS code 45053 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 45053 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 45053
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:053",
    "in":   "state:45",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Jasper County, South Carolina, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 45053
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '45053';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '45'
  AND county_fips = '053';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 45053 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 45053
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "45",
  county    = "053",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 45 (not 45) and 053 (not 53) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
29936 100.0%
29912 100.0%
29943 100.0%
29927 99.7%
29934 87.4%
29916 37.0%
29922 33.0%
29945 15.5%
29944 13.8%
29909 2.3%

Other Counties in South Carolina