Whitney, South Carolina
The CDP is in central Spartanburg County and is bordered to the southwest by the city of Spartanburg. It is bordered to the west by South Carolina Highway 9, to the northwest by Interstate 85 Business, and the southeast by the Blue Ridge Subdivision railroad line of CSX Transportation. Besides Spartanburg, neighboring communities are Drayton to the southeast, Hilltop to the west, and Valley Falls to the northwest.
U.S. Route 221 (Chesnee Highway) is the main road through Whitney. It leads southwest into Spartanburg and north 32 miles (51 km) to Rutherfordton, North Carolina. Lawsons Fork Creek runs through Whitney, flowing southeast toward the Pacolet River, a tributary of the Broad River.
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2020 | 4,409 | — | |
U.S. Decennial Census 2020 |
2020 census
Race / Ethnicity | Pop 2020 | % 2020 |
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White alone (NH) | 2,037 | 46.20% |
Black or African American alone (NH) | 1,392 | 31.57% |
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 9 | 0.20% |
Asian alone (NH) | 124 | 2.81% |
Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 1 | 0.02% |
Some Other Race alone (NH) | 17 | 0.39% |
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) | 147 | 3.33% |
Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 682 | 15.47% |
Total | 4,409 | 100.00% |
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.