South Carolina · Census place 4532560

Hartsville, South Carolina

Hartsville is a city in Darlington County, South Carolina with an estimated 7,360 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 54th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,360
#54 of 152 in South Carolina
Change since 2020
-1.0%
-78 people
Land area
6.0 sq mi
Density
1,225 / sq mi
State median 1,356
Orange pin: Hartsville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbia.

Hartsville population, 2020 to 2024

Hartsville lost 78 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by -30. Among 66 South Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 57th; the median place changed by +4.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in South Carolina has 14,078 people, so Hartsville is 52% of it.

7,43820207,45420217,43220227,39020237,3602024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 7,448. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hartsville covers 6.01 square miles of land, for 1,225 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Hartsville is close to the typical town.

What county Hartsville is in

All of Hartsville's residents live in Darlington County, which had 62,425 residents in 2024. Hartsville holds 11.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hartsville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hartsville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 29550. 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 Hartsville is

The Census internal point of Hartsville is at 34.366000, -80.083300. Columbia, the capital, is 60.0 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Florence, SC (40,923 people), 21.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbia, SC, 52.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.366000, -80.083300
DMS
34°21'57.60"N 80°04'59.88"W
UTM
17N 584291.8E 3803119.2N
Geohash
dnp598jh7
Plus code
866X9W88+CM

Daylight in Hartsville

At 34.37° N, Hartsville gets about 14 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hartsville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Darlington, 13.1 miles away, with 6,045 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hartsville, SC?

7,360 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 78 (1.0%) from 7,438 in July 2020.

What county is Hartsville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Hartsville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29550.

How far is Hartsville from Columbia?

60.0 miles (96.5 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Hartsville.

What is the nearest larger city to Hartsville?

Florence, SC, with 40,923 residents, 21.1 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.