FIPS code 47185 is White County, Tennessee. With a population of 27,420 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #54 in Tennessee and #1554 nationally. White 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
47185
Population
27,420
2022 ACS · #1554 nationally
Density
72.8/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
377
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — urban 2.5K–19.9K, not adjacent to metro
RUCC 7
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 47185 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 47 (Tennessee) with the 3-digit county identifier 185. Together they uniquely identify White County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 47185
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 47185.
Median Household Income
$48,220
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
17.1%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
43.0
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (5)
Counties that share a border with White County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 47185.
Federal Datasets Using Code 47185
FIPS code 47185 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 47185 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:185",
"in": "state:47",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [White County, Tennessee, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '47185';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '47'
AND county_fips = '185';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 47185 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "47",
county = "185",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in White 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 White County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 38579 | 100.0% |
| 38587 | 100.0% |
| 38583 | 82.0% |
| 38559 | 31.1% |
| 38506 | 4.0% |