Newberry County, South Carolina

Newberry County population, land area and income

Newberry County had 39,203 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 630.3 square miles of land. It ranks 27th of 46 in South Carolina by population and 22nd by land area. That works out to 62.2 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and above the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in South Carolina has 60,098 residents; Newberry County is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $57,325 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Newberry County's population changed since 2020

Newberry County gained 1,465 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 3.9%. That ranks 21st of 46 in South Carolina for growth. The median South Carolina county changed by +2.9%, and the state as a whole by +6.8%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Newberry County recorded 1,748 births and 2,370 deaths, a natural change of -622. Net international migration added +517 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +1,559. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 1,559 people.

Where Newberry County is

The Census internal point of Newberry County is at 34.289900, -81.599700. It sits in UTM zone 17N. The map shades South Carolina's 46 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Newberry County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Newberry County

3 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Newberry County, 13,557 people together, or 35% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Newberry County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Newberry with 10,874.

Counties bordering Newberry County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Newberry County. The most populous is Richland County, SC, with 430,651 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Richland County

  430,651 people

  44 mi ESE

• Lexington County

  313,774 people

  33 mi SE

• Laurens County

  70,545 people

  27 mi WNW

• Greenwood County

  70,041 people

  32 mi WSW

• Union County

  26,678 people

  28 mi N

• Fairfield County

  20,369 people

  28 mi ENE

• Saluda County

  19,452 people

  21 mi SSW

Distance to Columbia and the nearest big city

Columbia is 38.0 miles ESE of Newberry County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Columbia, SC (population 144,788), 43.2 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Newberry, SC (population 10,874), 0.7 miles away.

Newberry County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Newberry County is 45071: state code 45 for South Carolina plus county code 071. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $57,325.