South Carolina · Census place 4577380

Whitmire, South Carolina

Whitmire is a town in Newberry County, South Carolina with an estimated 1,439 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 135th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,439
#135 of 152 in South Carolina
Change since 2020
+3.2%
+45 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
Density
1,151 / sq mi
State median 1,356
Orange pin: Whitmire. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbia.

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Whitmire population, 2020 to 2024

Whitmire added 45 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.2%. In the latest year it moved by +11.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,393. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Whitmire covers 1.25 square miles of land, for 1,151 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Whitmire is less dense than the typical town.

What county Whitmire is in

All of Whitmire's residents live in Newberry County, which had 39,203 residents in 2024. Whitmire holds 3.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Whitmire

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Whitmire by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29178. 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 Whitmire is

The Census internal point of Whitmire is at 34.504100, -81.614200. Columbia, the capital, is 48.0 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Clinton, SC (7,852 people), 14.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbia, SC, 51.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.504100, -81.614200
DMS
34°30'14.76"N 81°36'51.12"W
UTM
17N 443616.8E 3818223.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
866WG93P+J8

Daylight in Whitmire

At 34.50° N, Whitmire gets about 14 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Whitmire

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Clinton, 14.2 miles away, with 7,852 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Whitmire, SC?

1,439 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 45 (3.2%) from 1,394 in July 2020.

What county is Whitmire in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Whitmire?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29178.

How far is Whitmire from Columbia?

48.0 miles (77.2 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Whitmire.

What is the nearest larger city to Whitmire?

Clinton, SC, with 7,852 residents, 14.2 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.