Chester County
Tennessee · County seat: Henderson · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 47023 is Chester County, Tennessee. With a population of 17,392 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #74 in Tennessee and #2003 nationally. Chester County is part of the Jackson, TN. The state FIPS code for Tennessee is 47. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
47023
Population
17,392
2022 ACS · #2003 nationally
Density
60.9/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
286
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — under 250K population
RUCC 3
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 47023 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 47 (Tennessee) with the 3-digit county identifier 023. Together they uniquely identify Chester County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 47023
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 47023.
Median Household Income
$57,471
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
15.8%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
38.0
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (5)
Counties that share a border with Chester County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 47023.
Federal Datasets Using Code 47023
FIPS code 47023 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 47023 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:023",
"in": "state:47",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Chester County, Tennessee, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '47023';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '47'
AND county_fips = '023';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 47023 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "47",
county = "023",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Chester 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 Chester County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 38347 | 100.0% |
| 38340 | 87.7% |
| 38332 | 86.9% |
| 38352 | 67.7% |
| 38334 | 29.9% |
| 38366 | 27.0% |
| 38313 | 22.1% |
| 38368 | 17.4% |
| 38315 | 9.0% |
| 38356 | 6.6% |
| 38044 | 5.4% |
| 38359 | 3.8% |