South Carolina · Census place 4560280
Ridgeland, South Carolina
Ridgeland is a town in Jasper County, South Carolina with an estimated 3,744 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 80th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,744
- #80 of 152 in South Carolina
- Change since 2020
- -0.2%
- -9 people
- Land area
- 48.3 sq mi
- + 0.47 sq mi water
- Density
- 77 / sq mi
- State median 1,356
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Ridgeland population, 2020 to 2024
Ridgeland lost 9 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.2%. In the latest year it moved by -26.
Ridgeland covers 48.34 square miles of land and 0.47 of water, for 77 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Ridgeland is less dense than the typical town.
What county Ridgeland is in
All of Ridgeland's residents live in Jasper County, which had 35,618 residents in 2024. Ridgeland holds 10.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Ridgeland
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ridgeland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29936. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Ridgeland is
The Census internal point of Ridgeland is at 32.468800, -80.921100. Columbia, the capital, is 106.1 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Beaufort, SC (14,334 people), 11.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Savannah, GA, 35.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.468800, -80.921100
- DMS
- 32°28'7.68"N 80°55'15.96"W
- UTM
- 17N 507414.4E 3592403.3N
- Geohash
- djy2wwg03
- Plus code
- 864XF39H+GH
Daylight in Ridgeland
At 32.47° N, Ridgeland gets about 14 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Ridgeland
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Beaufort, 11.6 miles away, with 14,334 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Ridgeland, SC?
3,744 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 9 (0.2%) from 3,753 in July 2020.
What county is Ridgeland in?
Jasper County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Ridgeland?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29936.
How far is Ridgeland from Columbia?
106.1 miles (170.7 km) in a straight line, heading N from Ridgeland.
What is the nearest larger city to Ridgeland?
Beaufort, SC, with 14,334 residents, 11.6 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.