South Carolina · Census place 4540480

Latta, South Carolina

Latta is a town in Dillon County, South Carolina with an estimated 1,242 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 143rd largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,242
#143 of 152 in South Carolina
Change since 2020
-4.1%
-53 people
Land area
1.1 sq mi
Density
1,129 / sq mi
State median 1,356
Orange pin: Latta. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbia.

Latta population, 2020 to 2024

Latta lost 53 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.1%. In the latest year it moved by -13.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,297. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Latta covers 1.10 square miles of land, for 1,129 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Latta is less dense than the typical town.

What county Latta is in

All of Latta's residents live in Dillon County, which had 27,577 residents in 2024. Latta holds 4.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Latta

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Latta by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29565. 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 Latta is

The Census internal point of Latta is at 34.338900, -79.433600. Columbia, the capital, is 94.5 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dillon, SC (6,244 people), 7.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, NC, 57.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.338900, -79.433600
DMS
34°20'20.04"N 79°26'0.96"W
UTM
17N 644083.2E 3800844.7N
Geohash
dnpe27nnw
Plus code
87628HQ8+HH

Daylight in Latta

At 34.34° N, Latta 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 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Latta

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Dillon, 7.0 miles away, with 6,244 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Latta, SC?

1,242 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 53 (4.1%) from 1,295 in July 2020.

What county is Latta in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Latta?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29565.

How far is Latta from Columbia?

94.5 miles (152.0 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Latta.

What is the nearest larger city to Latta?

Dillon, SC, with 6,244 residents, 7.0 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.