Myrtle Beach metropolitan area

Myrtle Beach Metropolitan Area
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Myrtle Beach–Conway–North Myrtle Beach, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area
Myrtle Beach shoreline
Myrtle Beach shoreline
Map
Interactive Map of Myrtle Beach–Conway, SC CSA
Country United States
State South Carolina
Largest cityMyrtle Beach
Other cities
 - Conway
 - North Myrtle Beach
 - Loris
 - Georgetown
Area
 • Total
1,947 sq mi (5,042 km2)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Total
397,478
 • Rank114th in the U.S.
GDP
[2]
 • Total$25.132 billion (2022)
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)

The Myrtle Beach metropolitan area (officially the Myrtle Beach–Conway–North Myrtle Beach, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area) is a census-designated metropolitan statistical area (MSA) consisting of Horry County in South Carolina. The wider Myrtle Beach combined statistical area (CSA), a trading area, includes adjacent Georgetown County, South Carolina.

From 2013 to 2023, Brunswick County, North Carolina was also a component of the Myrtle Beach MSA. In 2023, however, the Office of Management and Budget redefined the statistical area and moved Brunswick County to the Wilmington, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.[3][4] The Myrtle Beach MSA's principal cities, ordered by population, are Myrtle Beach, Conway, and North Myrtle Beach in South Carolina. The Myrtle Beach CSA includes the city of Georgetown, South Carolina.

CSA area

Myrtle Beach combined statistical area

County 2023 Estimate 2020 Census Change
Horry County 397,478 351,029 +13.23%
Georgetown County 65,731 63,404 +3.67%
Total 463,209 414,433 +11.77%

Largest cities and towns

Rank City / town County 2023 Estimate 2020 Census Change
1 Myrtle Beach Horry County 39,697 35,682 +11.25%
2 Leland[a] Brunswick County 30,542 22,908 +33.32%
3 Conway Horry County 27,985 24,849 +12.62%
4 North Myrtle Beach Horry County 20,303 18,790 +8.05%
5 Oak Island[a] Brunswick County 9,480 8,396 +12.91%
6 Georgetown Georgetown County 8,714 8,403 +3.70%
7 St. James[a] Brunswick County 7,443 6,529 +14.00%
8 Boiling Spring Lakes[a] Brunswick County 6,658 5,943 +12.03%
9 Carolina Shores[a] Brunswick County 5,307 4,588 +15.67%
10 Surfside Beach Horry County 4,321 4,155 +4.00%

CSA demographics

Year Population[5] Growth Counties Included
1970 69,992 --- Horry, Georgetown
1980 101,419 44.90% Horry, Georgetown
1990 144,053 42.04% Horry, Georgetown
2000 196,629 36.50% Horry, Georgetown
2010 329,449 67.50% Horry, Georgetown
2020 414,433 25.80% Horry, Georgetown

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e No longer included in the metropolitan statistical area after a realignment in 2023.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ [1] Archived October 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Total Gross Domestic Product for Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC (MSA)". Federal Reserve Economic Data. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
  3. ^ a b Still, Johanna F. (July 21, 2023). "Brunswick back in Wilmington MSA". WilmingtonBiz. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "OMB Bulletin No. 23-01: Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas" (PDF). United States Office of Management and Budget. July 21, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  5. ^ "Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA) Population and Components of Change". Archived from the original on 2009-02-18. Retrieved 2009-06-21.

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