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Bamberg County, South Carolina

A county in South Carolina, ranked 44 of 46 by population.

CountyFIPS 45009

Within South Carolina
Bamberg County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Bamberg, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
12,796
-463 (-3.5%) since 2020
Land area
393.4
square miles. A further 0.6% of the total area is water
Population density
32.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Bamberg
Seat of county government.
Established
1897
128 years ago
Largest city
Denmark city
Population 3,059.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Bamberg County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Bamberg County, South Carolina from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 707 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Bamberg County ranks

Position among the 46 counties of South Carolina, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn South CarolinaNationally
Population12,79644th of 462,232nd of 3,144
Land area393.4 sq mi43rd of 462,559th of 3,144
Population density32.5 per sq mi41st of 461,851st of 3,144
Median household income$44,37042nd of 462,982nd of 3,143

Full data for Bamberg County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population12,796Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202013,259Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?13,311Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area393.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area395.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?32.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$44,370American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$97,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,644American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,581American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-97
131 births, 228 deaths
Net migration
+56
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 5 areas bordering Bamberg County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Orangeburg CountySouth Carolina56 mi83,177
Colleton CountySouth Carolina26 mi39,382
Barnwell CountySouth Carolina24 mi20,653
Allendale CountySouth Carolina10 mi7,355
Hampton CountySouth Carolinaa single point18,174

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 46 counties of South Carolina

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.