Greene County
Tennessee · County seat: Greeneville · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 47059 is Greene County, Tennessee. With a population of 70,399 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #20 in Tennessee and #770 nationally. Greene County is part of the Greeneville, 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
47059
Population
70,399
2022 ACS · #770 nationally
Density
113.2/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
622
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — urban 20K+, adjacent to metro
RUCC 4
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 47059 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 47 (Tennessee) with the 3-digit county identifier 059. Together they uniquely identify Greene County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 47059
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 47059.
Median Household Income
$51,975
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
15.6%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
44.7
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Greene County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 47059.
Federal Datasets Using Code 47059
FIPS code 47059 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 47059 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:059",
"in": "state:47",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Greene County, Tennessee, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '47059';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '47'
AND county_fips = '059';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 47059 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "47",
county = "059",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Greene 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 Greene County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 37809 | 100.0% |
| 37616 | 100.0% |
| 37810 | 100.0% |
| 37818 | 99.8% |
| 37743 | 98.1% |
| 37745 | 96.6% |
| 37641 | 82.4% |
| 37711 | 41.1% |
| 37681 | 37.5% |
| 37656 | 28.9% |