What is the population of Clinton, South Carolina?

Clinton has a population of approximately 7,676 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Clinton, South Carolina located?

Clinton is located in South Carolina, United States, at approximate coordinates 34.4739°, -81.8609°.

What is the median household income in Clinton?

The median household income in Clinton is approximately $44,522 based on the most recent open data.

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Clinton

Total population

7,676

Median home value

$173,400

31.4%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$44,522

Clinton$45k

National$74k

Weather93°F · Mostly Sunny

Coordinates34.47°, -81.86°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

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City facts

Overview

Clinton is a city in Laurens County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 7,633 as of the 2020 census. It is part of the Greenville–Mauldin–Easley Metropolitan Statistical Area in upstate South Carolina. Clinton is the home of Presbyterian College.

History & geography

History

The Cherokee Indians were Clinton's original inhabitants. The first settler to inhabit the area was John Duncan, a native of Aberdeen, Scotland, who arrived in 1752 from Pennsylvania and settled along a creek between the present-day towns of Clinton and Whitmire. Scots-Irish immigrants from Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia became the predominant settlers in the area in the two decades before the American Revolutionary War and took active part in a Revolutionary War battle in 1780 at nearby Musgrove Mill. As late as 1852, the town was called Five Points because it arose at the intersection of four major roads and the railroad. It was named Clinton after Henry Clinton Young, a lawyer from the county seat of Laurens, who planned the first roads in the area. In 1895, "factory fever" had struck the town of Clinton. This came with the establishment of the Clinton Cotton Mill in 1896 by Mercer Silas Bailey, owner of the town's leading dry goods store. Lydia Cotton Mill, also owned by the Baileys and their descendants, followed in 1902. In 1933 there is a documented case of the lynching of Norris Dendy, a 33-year-old African-American man, in Clinton after he was arrested for striking a white man. The mills continued to be a vital source of prosperity for Clinton until their closure in 2001 brought years of economic hardship from which the area is still struggling to emerge. On August 27, 2024, a fire broke out at the House of Pizza Restaurant on Musgrove Street. The fire involved a large number of emergency personnel, injured five firefighters, and damaging or destroying neighboring businesses, including Hoyt Hanvey Jewelers. The Clinton Commercial Historic District, Duncan's Creek Presbyterian Church, and Thornwell-Presbyterian College Historic District are listed…

Geography

The city is concentrated around the intersection of U.S. Route 76 and South Carolina Highway 72, south of Spartanburg and northwest of Columbia. Interstate 26 passes through the eastern portions of Clinton, and intersects Interstate 385 in the city's northern outskirts. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and (0.55%) is water.

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