Trousdale County
Tennessee · County seat: Hartsville · County equivalent (e.g. borough in AK, parish in LA)
FIPS code 47169 is Trousdale County, Tennessee. With a population of 11,596 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #86 in Tennessee and #2374 nationally. Trousdale County is part of the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, 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
47169
Population
11,596
2022 ACS · #2374 nationally
Density
101.6/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
114
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — 1M+ population
RUCC 1
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 47169 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 47 (Tennessee) with the 3-digit county identifier 169. Together they uniquely identify Trousdale County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 47169
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 47169.
Median Household Income
$62,018
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
11.5%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
34.6
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (4)
Counties that share a border with Trousdale County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 47169.
Federal Datasets Using Code 47169
FIPS code 47169 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 47169 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:169",
"in": "state:47",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Trousdale County, Tennessee, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '47169';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '47'
AND county_fips = '169';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 47169 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "47",
county = "169",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Trousdale 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 Trousdale County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 37074 | 73.7% |
| 37057 | 38.2% |
| 37031 | 21.8% |
| 37022 | 13.3% |
| 37087 | 5.8% |