Titus County
Texas · County seat: Mount Pleasant · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 48449 is Titus County, Texas. With a population of 31,301 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #91 in Texas and #1424 nationally. Titus County is part of the Mount Pleasant, 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
48449
Population
31,301
2022 ACS · #1424 nationally
Density
77.1/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
406
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 48449 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 48 (Texas) with the 3-digit county identifier 449. Together they uniquely identify Titus County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 48449
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 48449.
Median Household Income
$57,634
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
18.3%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
34.4
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (4)
Counties that share a border with Titus County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 48449.
Federal Datasets Using Code 48449
FIPS code 48449 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 48449 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:449",
"in": "state:48",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Titus County, Texas, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '48449';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '48'
AND county_fips = '449';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 48449 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "48",
county = "449",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Titus 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 Titus County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 75493 | 100.0% |
| 75558 | 99.1% |
| 75455 | 96.3% |
| 75487 | 33.7% |
| 75686 | 10.7% |
| 75571 | 7.7% |