Buckingham County
Virginia · County seat: Buckingham · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 51029 is Buckingham County, Virginia. With a population of 16,869 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #89 in Virginia and #2036 nationally. The state FIPS code for Virginia is 51. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
51029
Population
16,869
2022 ACS · #2036 nationally
Density
29.1/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
580
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — rural, adjacent to metro
RUCC 8
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 51029 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 51 (Virginia) with the 3-digit county identifier 029. Together they uniquely identify Buckingham County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 51029
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 51029.
Median Household Income
$59,894
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
14.0%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
43.3
ACS B01002_001E
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Buckingham County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 51029.
Federal Datasets Using Code 51029
FIPS code 51029 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 51029 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:029",
"in": "state:51",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Buckingham County, Virginia, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '51029';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '51'
AND county_fips = '029';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 51029 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "51",
county = "029",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Buckingham 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 Buckingham County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 23921 | 100.0% |
| 23004 | 100.0% |
| 23936 | 98.0% |
| 23123 | 91.7% |
| 24562 | 66.9% |
| 24599 | 52.8% |
| 24553 | 44.4% |
| 24590 | 35.9% |
| 23901 | 18.9% |
| 23040 | 9.5% |
| 24522 | 3.4% |