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45065 County FIPS Code

McCormick County

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

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FIPS code 45065 is McCormick County, South Carolina. With a population of 9,612 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #45 in South Carolina and #2511 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

45065

State FIPS

45

SC

Population

9,612

2022 ACS · #2511 nationally

Density

26.8/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

359

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — rural, adjacent to metro

RUCC 8

How This FIPS Code Works

45 065
45 = State FIPS (South Carolina)
065 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 45065 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 45 (South Carolina) with the 3-digit county identifier 065. Together they uniquely identify McCormick County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 45065

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 45065.

Median Household Income

$55,569

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

16.7%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

57.9

ACS B01002_001E

Adjacent Counties (6)

Counties that share a border with McCormick County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 45065.

Federal Datasets Using Code 45065

FIPS code 45065 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 45065 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 45065
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:065",
    "in":   "state:45",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [McCormick County, South Carolina, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 45065
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '45065';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '45'
  AND county_fips = '065';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 45065 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 45065
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "45",
  county    = "065",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 45 (not 45) and 065 (not 65) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
29840 100.0%
29899 100.0%
29844 100.0%
29845 91.3%
29835 84.2%
29848 53.0%
29821 47.4%
29838 33.0%
29628 24.7%
29819 5.5%
29620 4.0%

Other Counties in South Carolina