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55013 County FIPS Code

Burnett County

Wisconsin · County seat: Siren · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 55013 is Burnett County, Wisconsin. With a population of 16,561 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #60 in Wisconsin and #2059 nationally. The state FIPS code for Wisconsin is 55. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.

County FIPS

55013

State FIPS

55

WI

Population

16,561

2022 ACS · #2059 nationally

Density

20.2/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

822

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — rural, adjacent to metro

RUCC 8

How This FIPS Code Works

55 013
55 = State FIPS (Wisconsin)
013 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 55013 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 55 (Wisconsin) with the 3-digit county identifier 013. Together they uniquely identify Burnett County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 55013

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 55013.

Median Household Income

$60,466

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

11.7%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

54.4

ACS B01002_001E

Adjacent Counties (6)

Counties that share a border with Burnett County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 55013.

Federal Datasets Using Code 55013

FIPS code 55013 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 55013 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.

Census ACS API — Python 55013
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:013",
    "in":   "state:55",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Burnett County, Wisconsin, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 55013
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '55013';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '55'
  AND county_fips = '013';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 55013 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 55013
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "55",
  county    = "013",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 55 (not 55) and 013 (not 13) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

ZIP Codes in Burnett 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 Burnett County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →

ZIP Code % in county
54893 100.0%
54845 100.0%
54872 94.4%
54840 88.1%
54830 62.3%
54813 52.5%
54871 42.4%
54801 20.8%
54837 17.6%
54853 3.9%
54859 3.3%

Other Counties in Wisconsin