South Carolina · Census place 4513600
Cheraw, South Carolina
Cheraw is a town in Chesterfield County, South Carolina with an estimated 4,946 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 67th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,946
- #67 of 152 in South Carolina
- Change since 2020
- -1.1%
- -54 people
- Land area
- 6.0 sq mi
- + 0.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 830 / sq mi
- State median 1,356
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Cheraw population, 2020 to 2024
Cheraw lost 54 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by -16.
Cheraw covers 5.96 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 830 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Cheraw is less dense than the typical town.
What county Cheraw is in
All of Cheraw's residents live in Chesterfield County, which had 44,488 residents in 2024. Cheraw holds 11.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Cheraw
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cheraw by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29520. 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 Cheraw is
The Census internal point of Cheraw is at 34.697900, -79.914000. Columbia, the capital, is 80.0 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bennettsville, SC (7,595 people), 13.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, NC, 59.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.697900, -79.914000
- DMS
- 34°41'52.44"N 79°54'50.40"W
- UTM
- 17N 599464.3E 3840078.8N
- Geohash
- dnpjms83u
- Plus code
- 8762M3XP+5C
Daylight in Cheraw
At 34.70° N, Cheraw gets about 14 h 29 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 50 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Cheraw
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Chesterfield, 9.6 miles away, with 1,351 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Cheraw, SC?
4,946 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 54 (1.1%) from 5,000 in July 2020.
What county is Cheraw in?
Chesterfield County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Cheraw?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29520.
How far is Cheraw from Columbia?
80.0 miles (128.8 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Cheraw.
What is the nearest larger city to Cheraw?
Bennettsville, SC, with 7,595 residents, 13.8 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.