Lincoln County
West Virginia · County seat: Hamlin · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 54043 is Lincoln County, West Virginia. With a population of 20,410 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #31 in West Virginia and #1845 nationally. 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
54043
Population
20,410
2022 ACS · #1845 nationally
Density
46.7/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
437
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — rural, adjacent to metro
RUCC 8
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 54043 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 54 (West Virginia) with the 3-digit county identifier 043. Together they uniquely identify Lincoln County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 54043
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 54043.
Median Household Income
$50,985
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
19.2%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
43.7
ACS B01002_001E
Adjacent Counties (7)
Counties that share a border with Lincoln County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 54043.
Federal Datasets Using Code 54043
FIPS code 54043 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 54043 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:043",
"in": "state:54",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Lincoln County, West Virginia, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '54043';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '54'
AND county_fips = '043';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 54043 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "54",
county = "043",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 25571 | 100.0% |
| 25501 | 100.0% |
| 25521 | 100.0% |
| 25573 | 100.0% |
| 25540 | 100.0% |
| 25544 | 100.0% |
| 25557 | 100.0% |
| 25564 | 100.0% |
| 25567 | 100.0% |
| 25523 | 89.0% |
| 25506 | 83.8% |
| 25524 | 71.0% |
| 25565 | 58.8% |
| 25505 | 58.3% |
| 25202 | 47.9% |
| 25003 | 29.4% |
| 25510 | 26.8% |
| 25699 | 24.9% |
| 25529 | 5.1% |
| 25526 | 1.1% |