Wetzel County
West Virginia · County seat: New Martinsville · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 54103 is Wetzel County, West Virginia. With a population of 14,431 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #37 in West Virginia and #2183 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
54103
Population
14,431
2022 ACS · #2183 nationally
Density
40.3/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
358
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — urban 2.5K–19.9K, not adjacent to metro
RUCC 7
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 54103 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 54 (West Virginia) with the 3-digit county identifier 103. Together they uniquely identify Wetzel County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 54103
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 54103.
Median Household Income
$50,715
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
17.0%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
46.0
ACS B01002_001E
Adjacent Counties (8)
Counties that share a border with Wetzel County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 54103.
Federal Datasets Using Code 54103
FIPS code 54103 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 54103 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:103",
"in": "state:54",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Wetzel County, West Virginia, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '54103';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '54'
AND county_fips = '103';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 54103 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "54",
county = "103",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Wetzel 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 Wetzel County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 26581 | 100.0% |
| 26162 | 100.0% |
| 26167 | 100.0% |
| 26348 | 100.0% |
| 26419 | 100.0% |
| 26437 | 96.1% |
| 26155 | 85.3% |
| 26575 | 72.7% |
| 26562 | 68.4% |
| 26159 | 67.8% |
| 26377 | 67.6% |
| 26585 | 32.9% |
| 26055 | 27.7% |