South Carolina · Census place 4519105
Denmark, South Carolina
Denmark is a city in Bamberg County, South Carolina with an estimated 3,072 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 88th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,072
- #88 of 152 in South Carolina
- Change since 2020
- -3.2%
- -100 people
- Land area
- 3.9 sq mi
- Density
- 786 / sq mi
- State median 1,356
Measure from here
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Denmark population, 2020 to 2024
Denmark lost 100 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.2%. In the latest year it moved by -30.
Denmark covers 3.91 square miles of land, for 786 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Denmark is less dense than the typical town.
What county Denmark is in
All of Denmark's residents live in Bamberg County, which had 12,870 residents in 2024. Denmark holds 23.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Denmark
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Denmark by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 29042. 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 Denmark is
The Census internal point of Denmark is at 33.313700, -81.133800. Columbia, the capital, is 47.8 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Barnwell, SC (4,589 people), 14.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbia, SC, 51.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.313700, -81.133800
- DMS
- 33°18'49.32"N 81°08'1.68"W
- UTM
- 17N 487545.4E 3686072.6N
- Geohash
- djym9b84m
- Plus code
- 865W8V78+FF
Daylight in Denmark
At 33.31° N, Denmark 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 Denmark
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Bamberg, 6.0 miles away, with 2,943 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Denmark, SC?
3,072 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 100 (3.2%) from 3,172 in July 2020.
What county is Denmark in?
Bamberg County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Denmark?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29042.
How far is Denmark from Columbia?
47.8 miles (77.0 km) in a straight line, heading N from Denmark.
What is the nearest larger city to Denmark?
Barnwell, SC, with 4,589 residents, 14.3 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.