FIPS code 48273 is Kleberg County, Texas. With a population of 30,860 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #93 in Texas and #1441 nationally. Kleberg County is part of the Kingsville, TX. 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
48273
Population
30,860
2022 ACS · #1441 nationally
Density
35.0/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
881
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — urban 20K+, adjacent to metro
RUCC 4
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 48273 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 48 (Texas) with the 3-digit county identifier 273. Together they uniquely identify Kleberg County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 48273
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 48273.
Median Household Income
$52,487
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
30.6%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
28.6
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (4)
Counties that share a border with Kleberg County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 48273.
Federal Datasets Using Code 48273
FIPS code 48273 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 48273 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:273",
"in": "state:48",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Kleberg County, Texas, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '48273';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '48'
AND county_fips = '273';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 48273 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "48",
county = "273",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Kleberg 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 Kleberg County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 78363 | 100.0% |
| 78379 | 100.0% |
| 78418 | 60.1% |
| 78355 | 4.1% |