Bamberg, South Carolina

Bamberg population, 2020 to 2024

Bamberg lost 115 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.8%. In the latest year it moved by -36.

Bamberg covers 3.58 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 822 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Bamberg is less dense than the typical town.

What county Bamberg is in

All of Bamberg's residents live in Bamberg County, which had 12,870 residents in 2024. Bamberg holds 22.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bamberg

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bamberg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29003. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Bamberg is

The Census internal point of Bamberg is at 33.300100, -81.031200. Columbia, the capital, is 48.4 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Denmark, SC (3,072 people), 6.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbia, SC, 51.6 miles away.

Daylight in Bamberg

At 33.30° N, Bamberg gets about 14 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bamberg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Denmark, 6.0 miles away, with 3,072 people.