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46102 County FIPS Code

Oglala Lakota County

South Dakota · County seat: Hot Springs · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 46102 is Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota. With a population of 13,695 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #15 in South Dakota and #2239 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

46102

State FIPS

46

SD

Population

13,695

2022 ACS · #2239 nationally

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — completely rural

RUCC 9

How This FIPS Code Works

46 102
46 = State FIPS (South Dakota)
102 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 46102 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 46 (South Dakota) with the 3-digit county identifier 102. Together they uniquely identify Oglala Lakota County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 46102

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 46102.

Median Household Income

$32,279

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

55.8%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

26.3

ACS B01002_001E

Federal Datasets Using Code 46102

FIPS code 46102 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 46102 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 46102
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:102",
    "in":   "state:46",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 46102
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '46102';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '46'
  AND county_fips = '102';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 46102 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 46102
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "46",
  county    = "102",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 46 (not 46) and 102 (not 102) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

ZIP Codes in Oglala Lakota 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 Oglala Lakota County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →

ZIP Code % in county
57764 100.0%
57794 100.0%
57772 100.0%
57770 100.0%
57756 100.0%
57716 92.2%
57752 82.8%
57722 54.5%
57744 14.9%
69337 11.4%
57780 8.9%

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