South Carolina · Census place 4549570

Newberry, South Carolina

Newberry is a city in Newberry County, South Carolina with an estimated 10,874 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 41st largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
10,874
#41 of 152 in South Carolina
Change since 2020
+1.7%
+178 people
Land area
9.2 sq mi
Density
1,186 / sq mi
State median 1,356
Orange pin: Newberry. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbia.

Newberry population, 2020 to 2024

Newberry added 178 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.7%. In the latest year it moved by -31. Among 66 South Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 46th; the median place changed by +4.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in South Carolina has 14,078 people, so Newberry is 77% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 10,713. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Newberry covers 9.17 square miles of land, for 1,186 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Newberry is less dense than the typical town.

What county Newberry is in

All of Newberry's residents live in Newberry County, which had 39,203 residents in 2024. Newberry holds 27.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Newberry

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Newberry by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 29108. 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 Newberry is

The Census internal point of Newberry is at 34.279900, -81.600300. Columbia, the capital, is 37.6 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Irmo, SC (12,086 people), 26.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbia, SC, 43.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.279900, -81.600300
DMS
34°16'47.64"N 81°36'1.08"W
UTM
17N 444745.7E 3793354.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
866W79HX+XV

Daylight in Newberry

At 34.28° N, Newberry 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 35 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Newberry

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Prosperity, 6.2 miles away, with 1,244 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Newberry, SC?

10,874 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 178 (1.7%) from 10,696 in July 2020.

What county is Newberry in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Newberry?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29108.

How far is Newberry from Columbia?

37.6 miles (60.6 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Newberry.

What is the nearest larger city to Newberry?

Irmo, SC, with 12,086 residents, 26.2 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.