Laurens, South Carolina

Laurens population, 2020 to 2024

Laurens lost 13 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +21. Among 66 South Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 53rd; the median place changed by +4.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in South Carolina has 14,078 people, so Laurens is 66% of it.

Laurens covers 10.21 square miles of land, for 916 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Laurens is less dense than the typical town.

What county Laurens is in

All of Laurens's residents live in Laurens County, which had 70,545 residents in 2024. Laurens holds 13.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Laurens

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Laurens by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 29360. 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 Laurens is

The Census internal point of Laurens is at 34.502700, -82.021400. Columbia, the capital, is 66.1 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fountain Inn, SC (13,786 people), 16.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbia, SC, 71.2 miles away.

Daylight in Laurens

At 34.50° N, Laurens 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 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Laurens

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Clinton, 9.4 miles away, with 7,852 people.