South Carolina · Census place 4556140

Pickens, South Carolina

Pickens is a city in Pickens County, South Carolina with an estimated 3,188 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 87th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 3,188; #87 of 152 in South Carolina
Change since 2020: +1.2%; +37 people
Land area: 3.1 sq mi; + 0.02 sq mi water
Density: 1,042 / sq mi; State median 1,356

Orange pin: Pickens. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbia.

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Pickens population, 2020 to 2024

Pickens added 37 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +17.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,148. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Pickens covers 3.06 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,042 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Pickens is less dense than the typical town.

What county Pickens is in

All of Pickens's residents live in Pickens County, which had 138,207 residents in 2024. Pickens holds 2.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pickens

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pickens by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 29671. 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 Pickens is

The Census internal point of Pickens is at 34.885700, -82.710200. Columbia, the capital, is 113.3 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Liberty, SC (3,352 people), 6.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Athens-Clarke County, GA, 74.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 34.885700, -82.710200
DMS: 34°53'8.52"N 82°42'36.72"W
UTM: 17N 343716.6E 3861702.0N
Geohash: dnjnmysrb
Plus code: 866VV7PQ+7W

Daylight in Pickens

At 34.89° N, Pickens 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 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pickens

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Liberty, 6.6 miles away, with 3,352 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Pickens, SC?

3,188 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 37 (1.2%) from 3,151 in July 2020.

What county is Pickens in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Pickens?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29671.

How far is Pickens from Columbia?

113.3 miles (182.4 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Pickens.

What is the nearest larger city to Pickens?

Liberty, SC, with 3,352 residents, 6.6 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.