FIPS code 48497 is Wise County, Texas. With a population of 70,062 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #51 in Texas and #773 nationally. Wise County is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, 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
48497
Population
70,062
2022 ACS · #773 nationally
Density
77.5/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
904
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — 1M+ population
RUCC 1
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 48497 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 48 (Texas) with the 3-digit county identifier 497. Together they uniquely identify Wise County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 48497
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 48497.
Median Household Income
$85,385
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
9.1%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
39.3
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Wise County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 48497.
Federal Datasets Using Code 48497
FIPS code 48497 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 48497 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:497",
"in": "state:48",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Wise County, Texas, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '48497';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '48'
AND county_fips = '497';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 48497 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "48",
county = "497",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Wise 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 Wise County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 76267 | 100.0% |
| 76073 | 100.0% |
| 76078 | 99.6% |
| 76225 | 99.3% |
| 76023 | 97.2% |
| 76071 | 94.9% |
| 76234 | 92.0% |
| 76426 | 87.5% |
| 76431 | 74.5% |
| 76270 | 28.6% |
| 76082 | 26.2% |
| 76487 | 23.5% |
| 76052 | 19.1% |
| 76249 | 4.5% |
| 76259 | 4.1% |
| 76020 | 3.5% |
| 76247 | 3.4% |
| 76458 | 0.5% |