Decatur County
Tennessee · County seat: Decaturville · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 47039 is Decatur County, Tennessee. With a population of 11,483 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #87 in Tennessee and #2382 nationally. 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
47039
Population
11,483
2022 ACS · #2382 nationally
Density
34.4/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
334
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — completely rural
RUCC 9
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 47039 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 47 (Tennessee) with the 3-digit county identifier 039. Together they uniquely identify Decatur County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 47039
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 47039.
Median Household Income
$48,466
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
19.2%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
45.8
ACS B01002_001E
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Decatur County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 47039.
Federal Datasets Using Code 47039
FIPS code 47039 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 47039 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:039",
"in": "state:47",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Decatur County, Tennessee, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '47039';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '47'
AND county_fips = '039';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 47039 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "47",
county = "039",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Decatur 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 Decatur County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 38311 | 100.0% |
| 38363 | 95.9% |
| 38329 | 94.5% |
| 38380 | 87.0% |
| 38374 | 51.3% |
| 38341 | 21.5% |
| 38328 | 15.8% |
| 38371 | 4.1% |
| 38388 | 0.6% |