Hancock County
West Virginia · County seat: New Cumberland · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 54029 is Hancock County, West Virginia. With a population of 28,907 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #19 in West Virginia and #1492 nationally. Hancock County is part of the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH. The state FIPS code for West Virginia is 54. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
54029
Population
28,907
2022 ACS · #1492 nationally
Density
349.9/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
83
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — under 250K population
RUCC 3
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 54029 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 54 (West Virginia) with the 3-digit county identifier 029. Together they uniquely identify Hancock County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 54029
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 54029.
Median Household Income
$57,515
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
13.4%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
47.1
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (5)
Counties that share a border with Hancock County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 54029.
Federal Datasets Using Code 54029
FIPS code 54029 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 54029 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:54",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Hancock County, West Virginia, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '54029';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '54'
AND county_fips = '029';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 54029 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "54",
county = "029",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Hancock 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 Hancock County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 26034 | 100.0% |
| 26047 | 100.0% |
| 26050 | 100.0% |
| 26056 | 100.0% |
| 26062 | 76.7% |