Roberts County
South Dakota · County seat: Sisseton · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 46109 is Roberts County, South Dakota. With a population of 10,242 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #18 in South Dakota and #2460 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
46109
Population
10,242
2022 ACS · #2460 nationally
Density
9.3/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
1,101
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — completely rural
RUCC 9
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 46109 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 46 (South Dakota) with the 3-digit county identifier 109. Together they uniquely identify Roberts County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 46109
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 46109.
Median Household Income
$59,022
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
20.8%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
37.0
ACS B01002_001E
Adjacent Counties (7)
Counties that share a border with Roberts County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 46109.
Federal Datasets Using Code 46109
FIPS code 46109 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 46109 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:109",
"in": "state:46",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Roberts County, South Dakota, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '46109';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '46'
AND county_fips = '109';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 46109 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "46",
county = "109",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Roberts 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 Roberts County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 57279 | 100.0% |
| 57224 | 100.0% |
| 57257 | 100.0% |
| 57260 | 100.0% |
| 57255 | 95.5% |
| 57227 | 92.8% |
| 57262 | 92.0% |
| 56219 | 55.2% |
| 57266 | 47.8% |
| 57216 | 33.4% |
| 57273 | 25.1% |
| 57256 | 20.0% |
| 57270 | 13.4% |
| 58053 | 5.9% |
| 57252 | 3.6% |
| 58041 | 0.8% |