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Spartanburg, South Carolina

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The 2000 Census showed that Spartanburg had a population of 39,673 people ^<1>. This represents 0.99% of the total population of South Carolina, making it the state's 7th most populous community.

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

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	39,584	-0.22%	+1.97% since 2007
2007	38,820	-2.15%	+0.94% since 2006
2006	38,458	-3.06%	+0.64% since 2005
2005	38,214	-3.68%	-0.53% since 2004
2004	38,416	-3.17%	-0.9% since 2003
2003	38,766	-2.29%	-1.28% since 2002
2002	39,268	-1.02%	-0.54% since 2001
2001	39,482	-0.48%	-0.48% since 2000
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2000	39,673	The Last Census

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
4	Greenville	W	25 mi [40.23 km]	59,988	7.12% increase
5	Rock Hill	E	50 mi [80.5 km]	67,339	35.31% increase
6	Mount Pleasant	SE	187 mi [300.9 km]	65,472	37.52% increase
-7-	Spartanburg			39,584	0.22% decrease
8	Sumter	SE	111 mi [178.6 km]	38,625	2.57% decrease
9	Hilton Head Island	S	201 mi [323.5 km]	33,913	0.15% increase
10	Florence	E	132 mi [212.4 km]	31,570	4.37% increase

Spartanburg had 17,696 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Spartanburg has an area ^<4> of 19.15 square miles [49.61 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Spartanburg had a 2000 population density of 2,071 people per square mile [799 people/km²], making it the state's 9th most densely populated area.

Spartanburg County

The city of Spartanburg is located in Spartanburg County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 254,396 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 39,673 people, Spartanburg contained 15.59% of the Spartanburg County total.

In addition, where the community of Spartanburg has a population density of 2,071 people per square mile [799 people/km²], Spartanburg County averages 313.7 people per square mile [121.1 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

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

Radius	No of Communities	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
5 mi [8 km]	1	39,584	0.22% decrease
10 mi [16 km]	5	47,567	1.34% increase
15 mi [24 km]	12	62,257	1.99% increase
20 mi [32 km]	15	100,600	10.18% increase
25 mi [40 km]	24	224,506	11.8% increase
30 mi [48 km]	40	250,694	10.61% increase

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Spartanburg. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Spartanburg, it also contains a comparison between Spartanburg and the state of South Carolina.

Click here for the Spartanburg QuickFact (QF-4568290).

A Census Quickfact is available for Spartanburg County (QF-45083).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Spartanburg County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Rutherford (NC)	QF-37161	N	63,424	0.74% increase
Cherokee	QF-45021	E	54,394	3.28% increase
Union	QF-45087	SE	27,672	7.38% decrease
Laurens	QF-45059	S	69,681	---
Greenville	QF-45045	W	438,119	14.96% increase
Polk (NC)	QF-37149	NW	19,074	3.65% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

	State Code:	45 (South Carolina)
	County Code:	083 (Spartanburg County)
	Place Code:	68290 (Spartanburg)

	State & County Code:	45083 (South Carolina/Spartanburg County)

	State & Place Code:	4568290 (South Carolina/Spartanburg)

Spartanburg 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 Spartanburg.

The Commemorative
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South Carolina ^<6>

Search for Local Businesses

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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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Footnotes

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation
<2>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Spartanburg and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<3>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live, whether occupied or temporarily vacant, such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway). - Return to Citation
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Spartanburg. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group of people. - Return to Citation
<5>	The communities in our count are those provided by the 2000 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate directly in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count. - Return to Citation
<6>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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