Mingo County
West Virginia · County seat: Williamson · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 54059 is Mingo County, West Virginia. With a population of 23,466 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #26 in West Virginia and #1703 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
54059
Population
23,466
2022 ACS · #1703 nationally
Density
55.5/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
423
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — rural, adjacent to metro
RUCC 8
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 54059 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 54 (West Virginia) with the 3-digit county identifier 059. Together they uniquely identify Mingo County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 54059
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 54059.
Median Household Income
$38,305
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
28.6%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
44.3
ACS B01002_001E
Adjacent Counties (8)
Counties that share a border with Mingo County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 54059.
Federal Datasets Using Code 54059
FIPS code 54059 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 54059 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:059",
"in": "state:54",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Mingo County, West Virginia, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '54059';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '54'
AND county_fips = '059';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 54059 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "54",
county = "059",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Mingo 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 Mingo County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 25696 | 100.0% |
| 25685 | 100.0% |
| 25688 | 100.0% |
| 25690 | 100.0% |
| 25692 | 100.0% |
| 25608 | 100.0% |
| 25621 | 100.0% |
| 25651 | 100.0% |
| 25661 | 100.0% |
| 25666 | 100.0% |
| 25667 | 100.0% |
| 25670 | 100.0% |
| 25671 | 100.0% |
| 25672 | 100.0% |
| 25676 | 100.0% |
| 25678 | 100.0% |
| 24851 | 99.3% |
| 25674 | 73.8% |
| 24846 | 35.8% |
| 25650 | 19.1% |