Williamsburg County
South Carolina · County seat: Kingstree · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 45089 is Williamsburg County, South Carolina. With a population of 30,879 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #30 in South Carolina and #1440 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
45089
Population
30,879
2022 ACS · #1440 nationally
Density
33.1/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
934
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — urban 2.5K–19.9K, adjacent to metro
RUCC 6
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 45089 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 45 (South Carolina) with the 3-digit county identifier 089. Together they uniquely identify Williamsburg County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 45089
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 45089.
Median Household Income
$40,848
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
23.5%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
43.2
ACS B01002_001E
Adjacent Counties (5)
Counties that share a border with Williamsburg County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 45089.
Federal Datasets Using Code 45089
FIPS code 45089 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 45089 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.
import requests
url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
"get": "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
"for": "county:089",
"in": "state:45",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Williamsburg County, South Carolina, income, pop, ...]
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '45089';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '45'
AND county_fips = '089';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 45089 is WRONG for this county
library(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "45",
county = "089",
year = 2022
)
ZIP Codes in Williamsburg 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 Williamsburg County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 29556 | 100.0% |
| 29590 | 100.0% |
| 29580 | 100.0% |
| 29564 | 100.0% |
| 29518 | 99.5% |
| 29056 | 88.6% |
| 29510 | 65.0% |
| 29554 | 47.5% |
| 29560 | 42.0% |
| 29111 | 11.7% |
| 29555 | 7.5% |
| 29440 | 0.6% |