South Carolina · Census place 4578460

Winnsboro, South Carolina

Winnsboro is a town in Fairfield County, South Carolina with an estimated 3,279 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 85th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,279
#85 of 152 in South Carolina
Change since 2020
-3.4%
-114 people
Land area
3.9 sq mi
Density
841 / sq mi
State median 1,356
Orange pin: Winnsboro. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbia.

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Winnsboro population, 2020 to 2024

Winnsboro lost 114 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.4%. In the latest year it moved by -13.

3,39320203,35620213,30420223,29220233,2792024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,407. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Winnsboro covers 3.90 square miles of land, for 841 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Winnsboro is less dense than the typical town.

What county Winnsboro is in

All of Winnsboro's residents live in Fairfield County, which had 20,369 residents in 2024. Winnsboro holds 16.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Winnsboro

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Winnsboro by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29180. 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 Winnsboro is

The Census internal point of Winnsboro is at 34.368600, -81.091400. Columbia, the capital, is 25.6 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Blythewood, SC (6,733 people), 12.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbia, SC, 25.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.368600, -81.091400
DMS
34°22'6.96"N 81°05'29.04"W
UTM
17N 491596.0E 3803030.6N
Geohash
dnn7d8x59
Plus code
866W9W95+CC

Daylight in Winnsboro

At 34.37° N, Winnsboro gets about 14 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Winnsboro

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Blythewood, 12.3 miles away, with 6,733 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Winnsboro, SC?

3,279 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 114 (3.4%) from 3,393 in July 2020.

What county is Winnsboro in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Winnsboro?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29180.

How far is Winnsboro from Columbia?

25.6 miles (41.2 km) in a straight line, heading S from Winnsboro.

What is the nearest larger city to Winnsboro?

Blythewood, SC, with 6,733 residents, 12.3 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.