South Carolina · Census place 4579450

Yemassee, South Carolina

Yemassee is a town in 2 counties of South Carolina with an estimated 1,127 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 147th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,127
#147 of 152 in South Carolina
Change since 2020
+0.1%
+1 people
Land area
10.9 sq mi
Density
103 / sq mi
State median 1,356
Orange pin: Yemassee. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Columbia.

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Yemassee population, 2020 to 2024

Yemassee added 1 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +7.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,125. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Yemassee covers 10.93 square miles of land, for 103 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Yemassee is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Yemassee spans

Yemassee crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 1,127 residents as follows; Hampton County holds 86.2% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Hampton County972
  2. 02Beaufort County155
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Yemassee

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Yemassee by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29945. 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 Yemassee is

The Census internal point of Yemassee is at 32.678300, -80.847900. Columbia, the capital, is 92.0 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ridgeland, SC (3,744 people), 15.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is North Charleston, SC, 48.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.678300, -80.847900
DMS
32°40'41.88"N 80°50'52.44"W
UTM
17N 514259.9E 3615634.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
864XM5H2+8R

Daylight in Yemassee

At 32.68° N, Yemassee gets about 14 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Yemassee

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Ridgeland, 15.1 miles away, with 3,744 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Yemassee, SC?

1,127 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1 (0.1%) from 1,126 in July 2020.

What county is Yemassee in?

It spans 2 counties: Hampton County (972 residents), Beaufort County (155 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Yemassee?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29945.

How far is Yemassee from Columbia?

92.0 miles (148.1 km) in a straight line, heading N from Yemassee.

What is the nearest larger city to Yemassee?

Ridgeland, SC, with 3,744 residents, 15.1 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)

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