2024 population: 580,503 ( 92,776 from 2020)
Land area: 1983.4 square miles
Population density: 292.7 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	453,964	78.20%	18.8%
Black:	61,863	10.66%	9.7%
Indian:	2,568	0.44%	18.8%
Asian:	8,199	1.41%	29.2%
2+ races:	11,560	1.99%	28.5%
Hispanic:	42,349	7.30%	34.1%

Total non-White:	126,539	21.80%	19.9%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	18,489	9.5
Deaths:	29,686	15.2
Net Migration:	98,663	50.6
Net Immigration:	4,644	2.4

Change in White population:	71,733	14.7
Change in Non-White pop.:	21,043	4.3

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
487,727
382,231	78.37%
56,413	11.57%
2,161	0.44%
6,348	1.30%
8,995	1.84%
31,579	6.47%
105,496	21.63%

2010
376,722
294,914	78.28%
47,873	12.71%
1,727	0.46%
3,599	0.96%
5,854	1.55%
22,232	5.90%
81,808	21.72%

2000
269,772
216,394	80.21%
40,665	15.07%
1,215	0.45%
1,769	0.66%
2,455	0.91%
7,017	2.60%
53,378	19.79%

1990
195,038
157,707	80.86%
34,272	17.57%
691	0.35%
975	0.50%
n/a
1,393	0.71%
37,331	19.14%

1980
137,196
104,673	76.29%
30,175	21.99%
173	0.13%
491	0.36%
n/a
1,563	1.14%
32,523	23.71%

1970
94,215
69,011	73.25%
24,504	26.01%
65	0.07%
239	0.25%
n/a
315	0.33%
25,204	26.75%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
38,280	10.2
42,279	11.2
120,293	31.9
2,288	0.6

87,317	23.2
23,688	6.3

Number	Rate
2000's
36,282	13.4
27,814	10.3
88,128	32.7
5,192	1.9

78,520	29.1
28,430	10.5

Number	Rate
1990's
28,700	14.7
20,716	10.6
50,084	25.7
1,192	0.6

58,687	30.1
16,047	8.2

Number	Rate
1980's
26,302	19.2
13,206	9.6
46,022	33.5
n/a

53,034	38.7
4,808	3.5

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
29,121	30.9
n/a

35,662	37.9
7,319	7.8

Age, Family & Household Data for Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
49.9
81,882	14.1%
498,621	85.9%
135,574	23.4%

203,298
2.41

134,184	66.0%
104,819	78.1%
10,301	7.7%
69,114	34.0%

2010
Number	Percent
42.9
74,403	19.8%
302,319	80.2%
69,096	18.3%

158,522
2.35

104,474	65.9%
78,500	75.1%
10,105	9.7%
54,048	34.1%

2000
Number	Percent
39.6
57,450	21.3%
212,322	78.7%
41,881	15.5%

112,240
2.37

76,921	68.5%
60,527	78.7%
6,917	9.0%
35,319	31.5%

1990
Number	Percent
34.6
46,241	23.7%
148,797	76.3%
25,723	13.2%

75,759
2.52

56,001	73.9%
45,620	81.5%
4,601	8.2%
19,758	26.1%

1980
Number	Percent
29.3
41,601	30.3%
95,595	69.7%
13,243	9.7%

47,321
2.87

37,889	80.1%
31,791	83.9%
2,938	7.8%
9,432	19.9%

2022 Housing Data for Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	10,103	5.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	7,142	3.5%
$15,000 to $19,999	6,879	3.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	8,778	4.3%
$25,000 to $29,999	9,540	4.7%
$30,000 to $34,999	9,418	4.6%
$35,000 to $39,999	9,170	4.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	8,711	4.3%
$45,000 to $49,999	8,811	4.3%
$50,000 to $59,999	17,663	8.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	23,212	11.4%
$75,000 to $99,999	28,564	14.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	18,926	9.3%
$125,000 to $149,999	12,033	5.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	12,732	6.3%
$200,000 or more	11,616	5.7%

Median Household Income	63,269
Per Capita Income	36,578

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	85

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	10,109	5.0%
Public Assistance	2,356	1.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	17,681	8.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	179,674	66.5%
Unemployed	10,586	3.9%
In Armed Forces	246	0.1%

Total Labor Force	190,506	70.5%
Not in Labor Force	79,830	29.5%

Real Unemployment Rate		33.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	77,623	70,499	52.4%
Non-Profit	2,994	7,115	29.6%
Self-Employed	16,875	9,454	64.1%

Local Government	6,015	8,065	42.7%
State Government	3,151	6,333	33.2%
Federal Government	1,578	1,227	56.3%

Total Private + Self	94,498	79,953	54.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	13,738	22,740	37.7%
Total	108,236	102,693	51.3%

Pct. Govt.	12.5%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	29,665	14.0%
Sales and Office Occupations	51,995	24.6%
Professional, Technical	39,590	18.7%
Service Occupations	46,123	21.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	519	0.2%
All others	43,818	20.7%

White Collar		57.4%

Industry
	Number	%
Retail trade	30,633	14.5%
Accommodation and food services	27,539	13.0%
Health care and social assistance	25,392	12.0%
Construction	19,949	9.4%
Educational services	16,132	7.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	11,859	5.6%
Professional, scientific, technical	11,251	5.3%
Manufacturing	10,507	5.0%
Other services	10,238	4.8%
Public administration	7,869	3.7%
Finance and insurance	7,205	3.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	7,036	3.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	6,999	3.3%
Transportation and warehousing	6,764	3.2%
Wholesale trade	3,773	1.8%
Information	3,537	1.7%
Utilities	3,345	1.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	909	0.4%
Management	181	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	73	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	15,162	3.06%
Puerto Rican	3,121	0.63%
Cuban	737	0.15%
Dominican	824	0.17%

Total Central American	3,539	0.71%
Costa Rican	356	0.07%
Guatemalan	1,398	0.28%
Honduran	1,172	0.24%
Nicaraguan	52	0.01%
Panamanian	178	0.04%
Salvadoran	383	0.08%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	2,041	0.41%
Argentinean	100	0.02%
Bolivian	6	0.00%
Chilean	169	0.03%
Colombian	805	0.16%
Ecuadorian	533	0.11%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	160	0.03%
Uruguayan	20	0.00%
Venezuelan	248	0.05%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	4,040	0.81%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Vietnamese	1,371	0.28%
Indian	893	0.18%
Filipino	890	0.18%
Chinese	850	0.17%
Korean	301	0.06%
Japanese	266	0.05%
Thai	98	0.02%
Taiwanese	36	0.01%
Laotian	13	0.00%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	443,088	93.1%
Spanish	20,856	4.4%
Other Indo-European	3,162	0.7%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	1,938	0.4%
German, other Germanic	1,193	0.3%
Other	1,066	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	923	0.2%
Vietnamese	884	0.2%
Other Asian	808	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	68,983	13.9%
Irish	62,007	12.5%
German	61,552	12.4%
American	42,559	8.6%
Italian	33,684	6.8%
European	20,495	4.1%
Polish	12,744	2.6%
Scottish	11,051	2.2%
French	9,787	2.0%
Scotch-Irish	9,713	2.0%
Dutch	3,899	0.8%
French Canadian	3,451	0.7%
Welsh	3,341	0.7%
British	2,827	0.6%
Swedish	2,783	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	482,428	97.2%
Not a citizen	13,871	2.8%

Native	468,837	94.5%
Foreign-born	27,462	5.5%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
8,876	2.3%	20,807	5.5%	116,588	30.8%	128,278	33.9%	66,527	17.6%	37,293	9.9%
Average years of education: 13.5

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	8,876	2.3%
9-12 Years	20,807	5.5%
H.S. Grad or GED	116,588	30.8%
Some College	128,278	33.9%
Bach. Degree	66,527	17.6%
Grad Degree	37,293	9.9%
Average years of education: 13.5

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	197,990	185,506	12,484	6.3%
1991	206,578	190,944	15,634	7.6%
1992	217,260	197,980	19,280	8.9%
1993	222,066	200,740	21,326	9.6%
1994	229,194	211,006	18,188	7.9%
1995	241,324	226,926	14,398	6.0%
1996	251,528	237,192	14,336	5.7%
1997	261,530	248,968	12,562	4.8%
1998	268,738	257,940	10,798	4.0%
1999	277,900	267,336	10,564	3.8%

2000	281,408	270,470	10,938	3.9%
2001	279,314	264,856	14,458	5.2%
2002	287,756	270,412	17,344	6.0%
2003	303,272	284,282	18,990	6.3%
2004	315,014	295,256	19,758	6.3%
2005	329,056	309,260	19,796	6.0%
2006	354,458	334,586	19,872	5.6%
2007	359,970	341,036	18,934	5.3%
2008	363,924	337,612	26,312	7.2%
2009	365,188	322,580	42,608	11.7%

2010	357,626	313,118	44,508	12.4%
2011	360,336	317,520	42,816	11.9%
2012	361,272	323,312	37,960	10.5%
2013	361,932	330,452	31,480	8.7%
2014	363,658	337,040	26,618	7.3%
2015	371,430	345,088	26,342	7.1%
2016	378,582	356,184	22,398	5.9%
2017	388,230	368,312	19,918	5.1%
2018	395,348	377,378	17,970	4.5%
2019	404,862	388,852	16,010	4.0%

2020	399,886	365,194	34,692	8.7%
2021	402,450	381,154	21,296	5.3%
2022	415,794	398,740	17,054	4.1%
2023	434,708	418,922	15,786	3.6%
2024	474,656	453,034	21,622	4.6%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	297,218
Median Value	$249,943

Occupied	203,298	68.4%
Vacant	93,920	31.6%

Owned	158,078	77.8%
Rented	45,220	22.2%
Median Rent	$1,146

Single-Family Units	179,367	60.3%
Detached	167,228	56.3%
Attached	12,139	4.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	62,149	20.9%
Mobile Homes	44,576	15.0%

Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area