Putnam County
West Virginia · County seat: Winfield · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 54079 is Putnam County, West Virginia. With a population of 57,347 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #10 in West Virginia and #912 nationally. Putnam County is part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-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
54079
Population
57,347
2022 ACS · #912 nationally
Density
165.9/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
346
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — 250K–1M population
RUCC 2
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 54079 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 54 (West Virginia) with the 3-digit county identifier 079. Together they uniquely identify Putnam County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 54079
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 54079.
Median Household Income
$75,725
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
11.0%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
42.2
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (5)
Counties that share a border with Putnam County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 54079.
Federal Datasets Using Code 54079
FIPS code 54079 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 54079 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:079",
"in": "state:54",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Putnam County, West Virginia, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '54079';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '54'
AND county_fips = '079';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 54079 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "54",
county = "079",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Putnam 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 Putnam County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 25560 | 100.0% |
| 25033 | 100.0% |
| 25070 | 100.0% |
| 25109 | 100.0% |
| 25159 | 100.0% |
| 25168 | 100.0% |
| 25213 | 100.0% |
| 25011 | 100.0% |
| 25526 | 98.6% |
| 25124 | 93.1% |
| 25082 | 51.6% |
| 25143 | 32.1% |
| 25510 | 23.6% |
| 25123 | 19.2% |
| 25245 | 15.1% |
| 25523 | 11.0% |
| 25177 | 6.4% |