FIPS code 48129 is Donley County, Texas. With a population of 3,298 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #218 in Texas and #3013 nationally. The state FIPS code for Texas is 48. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
48129
Population
3,298
2022 ACS · #3013 nationally
Density
3.6/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
927
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — rural, adjacent to metro
RUCC 8
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 48129 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 48 (Texas) with the 3-digit county identifier 129. Together they uniquely identify Donley County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 48129
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 48129.
Median Household Income
$51,711
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
11.3%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
40.3
ACS B01002_001E
Adjacent Counties (7)
Counties that share a border with Donley County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 48129.
Federal Datasets Using Code 48129
FIPS code 48129 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 48129 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:129",
"in": "state:48",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Donley County, Texas, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '48129';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '48'
AND county_fips = '129';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 48129 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "48",
county = "129",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Donley 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 Donley County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 79237 | 100.0% |
| 79240 | 100.0% |
| 79226 | 60.3% |
| 79057 | 35.6% |
| 79039 | 5.1% |
| 79245 | 4.2% |