South Carolina · Census place 4531885

Hampton, South Carolina

Hampton is a town in Hampton County, South Carolina with an estimated 2,602 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 98th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,602
#98 of 152 in South Carolina
Change since 2020
-3.7%
-100 people
Land area
4.5 sq mi
Density
577 / sq mi
State median 1,356
Orange pin: Hampton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbia.

Hampton population, 2020 to 2024

Hampton lost 100 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.7%. In the latest year it moved by -10.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,706. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hampton covers 4.51 square miles of land, for 577 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Hampton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Hampton is in

All of Hampton's residents live in Hampton County, which had 18,172 residents in 2024. Hampton holds 14.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hampton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hampton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29924. 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 Hampton is

The Census internal point of Hampton is at 32.867600, -81.109400. Columbia, the capital, is 78.4 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Walterboro, SC (5,488 people), 25.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Savannah, GA, 58.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.867600, -81.109400
DMS
32°52'3.36"N 81°06'33.84"W
UTM
17N 489765.1E 3636614.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
864WVV9R+26

Daylight in Hampton

At 32.87° N, Hampton gets about 14 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 20 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hampton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Varnville, 2.0 miles away, with 1,630 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hampton, SC?

2,602 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 100 (3.7%) from 2,702 in July 2020.

What county is Hampton in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Hampton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29924.

How far is Hampton from Columbia?

78.4 miles (126.2 km) in a straight line, heading N from Hampton.

What is the nearest larger city to Hampton?

Walterboro, SC, with 5,488 residents, 25.2 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.

  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.