South Carolina · Census place 4517260

Cowpens, South Carolina

Cowpens is a town in Spartanburg County, South Carolina with an estimated 2,230 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 107th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,230
#107 of 152 in South Carolina
Change since 2020
+9.7%
+198 people
Land area
2.3 sq mi
Density
970 / sq mi
State median 1,356
Orange pin: Cowpens. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbia.

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Cowpens population, 2020 to 2024

Cowpens added 198 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.7%. In the latest year it moved by +23.

2,03220202,06820212,13420222,20720232,2302024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,022. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Cowpens covers 2.30 square miles of land, for 970 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Cowpens is less dense than the typical town.

What county Cowpens is in

All of Cowpens's residents live in Spartanburg County, which had 369,256 residents in 2024. Cowpens holds 0.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Cowpens

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cowpens by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29330. 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 Cowpens is

The Census internal point of Cowpens is at 35.018600, -81.804100. Columbia, the capital, is 82.8 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pacolet, SC (2,566 people), 8.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Charlotte, NC, 56.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.018600, -81.804100
DMS
35°01'6.96"N 81°48'14.76"W
UTM
17N 426640.3E 3875401.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
867W259W+C9

Daylight in Cowpens

At 35.02° N, Cowpens gets about 14 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Cowpens

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Pacolet, 8.1 miles away, with 2,566 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Cowpens, SC?

2,230 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 198 (9.7%) from 2,032 in July 2020.

What county is Cowpens in?

Spartanburg County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Cowpens?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29330.

How far is Cowpens from Columbia?

82.8 miles (133.3 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Cowpens.

What is the nearest larger city to Cowpens?

Pacolet, SC, with 2,566 residents, 8.1 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.