Fayette County
Tennessee · County seat: Somerville · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 47047 is Fayette County, Tennessee. With a population of 42,228 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #37 in Tennessee and #1149 nationally. Fayette County is part of the Memphis, TN-MS-AR. 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
47047
Population
42,228
2022 ACS · #1149 nationally
Density
59.9/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
705
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — 1M+ population
RUCC 1
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 47047 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 47 (Tennessee) with the 3-digit county identifier 047. Together they uniquely identify Fayette County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 47047
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 47047.
Median Household Income
$81,074
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
9.7%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
46.8
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Fayette County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 47047.
Federal Datasets Using Code 47047
FIPS code 47047 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 47047 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:047",
"in": "state:47",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Fayette County, Tennessee, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '47047';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '47'
AND county_fips = '047';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 47047 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "47",
county = "047",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Fayette 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 Fayette County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 38057 | 100.0% |
| 38076 | 100.0% |
| 38068 | 100.0% |
| 38036 | 100.0% |
| 38066 | 100.0% |
| 38060 | 100.0% |
| 38046 | 100.0% |
| 38049 | 62.5% |
| 38028 | 53.2% |
| 38017 | 43.1% |
| 38039 | 42.7% |
| 38042 | 14.8% |
| 38002 | 13.1% |
| 38075 | 12.5% |
| 38069 | 2.9% |