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55107 County FIPS Code

Rusk County

Wisconsin · County seat: Ladysmith · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 55107 is Rusk County, Wisconsin. With a population of 14,179 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #65 in Wisconsin and #2199 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

55107

State FIPS

55

WI

Population

14,179

2022 ACS · #2199 nationally

Density

15.5/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

914

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — rural, adjacent to metro

RUCC 8

How This FIPS Code Works

55 107
55 = State FIPS (Wisconsin)
107 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 55107 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 55 (Wisconsin) with the 3-digit county identifier 107. Together they uniquely identify Rusk County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 55107

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 55107.

Median Household Income

$57,473

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

11.4%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

49.0

ACS B01002_001E

Adjacent Counties (6)

Counties that share a border with Rusk County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 55107.

Federal Datasets Using Code 55107

FIPS code 55107 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 55107 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 55107
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:107",
    "in":   "state:55",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Rusk County, Wisconsin, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 55107
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '55107';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '55'
  AND county_fips = '107';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 55107 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 55107
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "55",
  county    = "107",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 55 (not 55) and 107 (not 107) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
54526 100.0%
54563 100.0%
54731 100.0%
54819 100.0%
54848 100.0%
54895 100.0%
54530 71.2%
54766 38.1%
54817 19.7%
54728 19.0%
54835 17.8%
54745 14.9%
54757 8.1%
54868 4.5%

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