South Carolina · Census place 4538095
Kershaw, South Carolina
Kershaw is a town in Lancaster County, South Carolina with an estimated 2,014 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 113th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,014
- #113 of 152 in South Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +15.2%
- +266 people
- Land area
- 2.0 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 997 / sq mi
- State median 1,356
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Kershaw population, 2020 to 2024
Kershaw added 266 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +15.2%. In the latest year it moved by +46.
Kershaw covers 2.02 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 997 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Kershaw is less dense than the typical town.
What county Kershaw is in
All of Kershaw's residents live in Lancaster County, which had 111,652 residents in 2024. Kershaw holds 1.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Kershaw
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Kershaw by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29067. 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 Kershaw is
The Census internal point of Kershaw is at 34.543300, -80.587200. Columbia, the capital, is 45.4 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lancaster, SC (9,396 people), 16.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbia, SC, 39.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.543300, -80.587200
- DMS
- 34°32'35.88"N 80°35'13.92"W
- UTM
- 17N 537876.9E 3822476.0N
- Geohash
- dnnsw0qjq
- Plus code
- 866XGCV7+84
Daylight in Kershaw
At 34.54° N, Kershaw gets about 14 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Kershaw
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Lancaster, 16.8 miles away, with 9,396 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Kershaw, SC?
2,014 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 266 (15.2%) from 1,748 in July 2020.
What county is Kershaw in?
Lancaster County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Kershaw?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29067.
How far is Kershaw from Columbia?
45.4 miles (73.0 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Kershaw.
What is the nearest larger city to Kershaw?
Lancaster, SC, with 9,396 residents, 16.8 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.