South Carolina · Census place 4542730

Loris, South Carolina

Loris is a city in Horry County, South Carolina with an estimated 2,825 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 94th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,825
#94 of 152 in South Carolina
Change since 2020
+14.6%
+360 people
Land area
4.6 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
621 / sq mi
State median 1,356
Orange pin: Loris. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbia.

Loris population, 2020 to 2024

Loris added 360 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +14.6%. In the latest year it moved by +60.

2,46520202,56920212,64420222,76520232,8252024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,443. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Loris covers 4.55 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 621 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Loris is less dense than the typical town.

What county Loris is in

All of Loris's residents live in Horry County, which had 413,391 residents in 2024. Loris holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Loris

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Loris by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 29569. 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 Loris is

The Census internal point of Loris is at 34.057500, -78.888400. Columbia, the capital, is 123.0 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tabor City, NC (3,831 people), 6.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wilmington, NC, 58.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.057500, -78.888400
DMS
34°03'27.00"N 78°53'18.24"W
UTM
17N 694886.8E 3770543.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
87633456+2J

Daylight in Loris

At 34.06° N, Loris gets about 14 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 33 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Loris

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Conway, 18.0 miles away, with 29,656 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Loris, SC?

2,825 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 360 (14.6%) from 2,465 in July 2020.

What county is Loris in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Loris?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29569.

How far is Loris from Columbia?

123.0 miles (197.9 km) in a straight line, heading W from Loris.

What is the nearest larger city to Loris?

Tabor City, NC, with 3,831 residents, 6.8 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.

  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.