South Carolina · Census place 4506490
Blackville, South Carolina
Blackville is a town in Barnwell County, South Carolina with an estimated 1,906 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 121st largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,906
- #121 of 152 in South Carolina
- Change since 2020
- -1.0%
- -19 people
- Land area
- 8.9 sq mi
- + 0.10 sq mi water
- Density
- 213 / sq mi
- State median 1,356
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Blackville population, 2020 to 2024
Blackville lost 19 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +1.
Blackville covers 8.93 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 213 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Blackville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Blackville is in
All of Blackville's residents live in Barnwell County, which had 20,495 residents in 2024. Blackville holds 9.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Blackville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Blackville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29817. 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 Blackville is
The Census internal point of Blackville is at 33.347800, -81.294900. Columbia, the capital, is 47.5 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Williston, SC (2,879 people), 8.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Augusta-Richmond County, GA, 44.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.347800, -81.294900
- DMS
- 33°20'52.08"N 81°17'41.64"W
- UTM
- 17N 472560.2E 3689884.0N
- Geohash
- djyjwnfc5
- Plus code
- 865W8PX4+42
Daylight in Blackville
At 33.35° N, Blackville 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 Blackville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Williston, 8.2 miles away, with 2,879 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Blackville, SC?
1,906 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 19 (1.0%) from 1,925 in July 2020.
What county is Blackville in?
Barnwell County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Blackville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29817.
How far is Blackville from Columbia?
47.5 miles (76.5 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Blackville.
What is the nearest larger city to Blackville?
Williston, SC, with 2,879 residents, 8.2 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.