South Carolina · Census place 4541380

Liberty, South Carolina

Liberty is a city in Pickens County, South Carolina with an estimated 3,352 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 84th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,352
#84 of 152 in South Carolina
Change since 2020
-1.1%
-37 people
Land area
4.9 sq mi
Density
681 / sq mi
State median 1,356
Orange pin: Liberty. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbia.

Liberty population, 2020 to 2024

Liberty lost 37 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +12.

3,38920203,34820213,32420223,34020233,3522024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,390. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Liberty covers 4.92 square miles of land, for 681 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Liberty is less dense than the typical town.

What county Liberty is in

All of Liberty's residents live in Pickens County, which had 138,207 residents in 2024. Liberty holds 2.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Liberty

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Liberty by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 29657. 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 Liberty is

The Census internal point of Liberty is at 34.791300, -82.696300. Columbia, the capital, is 109.3 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Central, SC (5,339 people), 6.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Athens-Clarke County, GA, 69.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.791300, -82.696300
DMS
34°47'28.68"N 82°41'46.68"W
UTM
17N 344809.9E 3851210.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
866VQ8R3+GF

Daylight in Liberty

At 34.79° N, Liberty gets about 14 h 30 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Liberty

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Central, 6.5 miles away, with 5,339 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Liberty, SC?

3,352 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 37 (1.1%) from 3,389 in July 2020.

What county is Liberty in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Liberty?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29657.

How far is Liberty from Columbia?

109.3 miles (175.9 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Liberty.

What is the nearest larger city to Liberty?

Central, SC, with 5,339 residents, 6.5 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.