Ninety Six, South Carolina

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The 2000 Census showed that Ninety Six had a population of 1,936 people^<1>. This represents 0.05% of the total population of South Carolina, making it the state's 115th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
112	Loris	E	179 mi [288.1 km]	2,351	13.08% increase
113	Varnville	SE	106 mi [170.6 km]	2,042	1.54% decrease
114	Wellford	N	54 mi [86.9 km]	2,465	21.43% increase
-115-	Ninety Six			1,921	0.77% decrease
116	Sullivan's Island	SE	158 mi [254.3 km]	1,870	2.15% decrease
117	Inman	N	60 mi [96.6 km]	2,096	11.25% increase
118	Blacksburg	NE	71 mi [114.3 km]	1,903	1.22% increase

Ninety Six had 904 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Ninety Six has an area^<4> of 1.46 square miles [3.78 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Ninety Six had a 2000 population density of 1,325 people per square mile [511 people/km²], making it the state's 47th most densely populated area.

Greenwood County

The town of Ninety Six is located in Greenwood County.

The county had a population of 66,286 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 1,936 people, Ninety Six contained 2.92% of the Greenwood County total.

In addition, where the community of Ninety Six has a population density of 1,325 people per square mile [511 people/km²], Greenwood County averages 145.5 people per square mile [56.2 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Greenwood County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Ninety Six and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Ninety Six. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Ninety Six.

A Census Quickfact is available for Greenwood County (QF-45047).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Greenwood County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Abbeville	QF-45001	W	25,404	3.13% decrease
	Edgefield	QF-45037	SE	25,546	4.11% increase
	Laurens	QF-45059	N	69,681	---
	McCormick	QF-45065	S	10,093	1.08% increase
	Newberry	QF-45071	E	37,823	4.97% increase
	Saluda	QF-45081	SE	18,625	2.88% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Ninety Six:

Ninety Six is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Ninety Six.

The Commemorative Quarter for South Carolina<7>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Ninety Six. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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