Darlington, South Carolina

Darlington population, 2020 to 2024

Darlington lost 145 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.3%. In the latest year it moved by -27. Among 66 South Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 62nd; the median place changed by +4.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in South Carolina has 14,078 people, so Darlington is 43% of it.

Darlington covers 4.71 square miles of land, for 1,283 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Darlington is close to the typical town.

What county Darlington is in

All of Darlington's residents live in Darlington County, which had 62,425 residents in 2024. Darlington holds 9.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Darlington

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Darlington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 29532. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Darlington is

The Census internal point of Darlington is at 34.301400, -79.867200. Columbia, the capital, is 69.9 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Florence, SC (40,923 people), 9.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbia, SC, 62.1 miles away.

Daylight in Darlington

At 34.30° N, Darlington gets about 14 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 35 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Darlington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Florence, 9.5 miles away, with 40,923 people.