Gaffney, SC Micro Area
The Gaffney, SC micro area is one county in South Carolina: Cherokee County. About 58,275 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 3.6% more than in April 2020.
- Population, July 2025
- 58,275 3.6% more than in April 2020
- Type
- Micropolitan statistical area
- County
- Cherokee County
- Land area
- 393 sq mi (1,018 km²)
- Time zone
- Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July
- State
- South Carolina
- Combined statistical area
- Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC
- CBSA code
- 23500
The county in the Gaffney, SC micro area
| County | Role | Population, July 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Cherokee County | Central | 58,275 |
A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of 10,000 to 49,999 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.
Principal city
- Gaffney12,596 people
OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.
Part of the Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC combined statistical area
OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 4 areas in this one, largest first:
- Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area1,014,101 people
- Spartanburg, SC Metro Area407,656 people
- Greenwood, SC Micro Area95,215 people
- Seneca, SC Micro Area83,775 people
Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first
Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.
- Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area16 mi northeast
- Spartanburg, SC Metro Area17 mi southwest
- Forest City, NC Micro Area22 mi northwest
- Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area48 mi east
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