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46025 County FIPS Code

Clark County

South Dakota · County seat: Clark · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 46025 is Clark County, South Dakota. With a population of 3,837 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #42 in South Dakota and #2968 nationally. The state FIPS code for South Dakota is 46. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.

County FIPS

46025

State FIPS

46

SD

Population

3,837

2022 ACS · #2968 nationally

Density

4.0/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

958

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — completely rural

RUCC 9

How This FIPS Code Works

46 025
46 = State FIPS (South Dakota)
025 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 46025 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 46 (South Dakota) with the 3-digit county identifier 025. Together they uniquely identify Clark County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 46025

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 46025.

Median Household Income

$59,340

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

9.4%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

41.2

ACS B01002_001E

Adjacent Counties (6)

Counties that share a border with Clark County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 46025.

Federal Datasets Using Code 46025

FIPS code 46025 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 46025 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 46025
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:025",
    "in":   "state:46",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Clark County, South Dakota, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 46025
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '46025';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '46'
  AND county_fips = '025';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 46025 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 46025
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "46",
  county    = "025",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 46 (not 46) and 025 (not 25) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
57278 100.0%
57225 100.0%
57236 100.0%
57217 100.0%
57258 93.4%
57271 83.0%
57272 38.5%
57322 36.1%
57221 26.7%
57434 17.5%
57243 11.4%
57274 7.3%
57353 3.0%

Other Counties in South Dakota