Cumberland County
Tennessee · County seat: Crossville · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 47035 is Cumberland County, Tennessee. With a population of 61,552 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #22 in Tennessee and #864 nationally. Cumberland County is part of the Crossville, 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
47035
Population
61,552
2022 ACS · #864 nationally
Density
90.4/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
681
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — urban 20K+, adjacent to metro
RUCC 4
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 47035 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 47 (Tennessee) with the 3-digit county identifier 035. Together they uniquely identify Cumberland County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 47035
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 47035.
Median Household Income
$56,002
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
12.6%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
52.6
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (8)
Counties that share a border with Cumberland County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 47035.
Federal Datasets Using Code 47035
FIPS code 47035 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 47035 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:035",
"in": "state:47",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Cumberland County, Tennessee, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '47035';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '47'
AND county_fips = '035';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 47035 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "47",
county = "035",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 38571 | 100.0% |
| 38578 | 100.0% |
| 37723 | 100.0% |
| 38555 | 100.0% |
| 38558 | 100.0% |
| 38572 | 91.3% |
| 37337 | 43.8% |
| 37854 | 42.1% |
| 38574 | 13.8% |
| 38583 | 4.9% |
| 37367 | 4.4% |