Putnam County
Tennessee · County seat: Cookeville · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 47141 is Putnam County, Tennessee. With a population of 80,157 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #17 in Tennessee and #709 nationally. Putnam County is part of the Cookeville, 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
47141
Population
80,157
2022 ACS · #709 nationally
Density
199.8/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
401
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — urban 20K+, adjacent to metro
RUCC 4
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 47141 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 47 (Tennessee) with the 3-digit county identifier 141. Together they uniquely identify Putnam County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 47141
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 47141.
Median Household Income
$54,371
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
16.3%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
36.3
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (7)
Counties that share a border with Putnam County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 47141.
Federal Datasets Using Code 47141
FIPS code 47141 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 47141 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:141",
"in": "state:47",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Putnam County, Tennessee, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '47141';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '47'
AND county_fips = '141';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 47141 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "47",
county = "141",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Putnam 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 Putnam County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 38503 | 100.0% |
| 38505 | 100.0% |
| 38544 | 90.6% |
| 38506 | 70.2% |
| 38548 | 64.4% |
| 38501 | 63.5% |
| 38582 | 59.0% |
| 38574 | 48.7% |
| 38545 | 32.8% |
| 38564 | 9.7% |
| 38583 | 5.6% |