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Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area


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Click here to view demographic data for Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area

2024 population: 869,940   ( 70,298 from 2020)
Land area: 2590.2 square miles
Population density: 335.9 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:553,630 63.64% 9.5%
Black:201,77923.19% 2.6%
Indian:3,0180.35% 3.0%
Asian:20,6072.37% 17.1%
2+ races:19,4492.24% 17.0%
Hispanic:71,4578.21% 18.8%
Total non-White:316,31036.36% 7.6%

2020-2024 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:42,120 13.2
Deaths:31,3369.8
Net Migration: 47,14114.7
Net Immigration: 11,8053.7
Change in White population:47,863 6.0
Change in Non-White pop.:22,435 2.8



Historical Presidential Election Results for Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area



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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(US)
PUSV
2024 60% Donald Trump (R) 207,881 51.3% Kamala Harris (D) 190,332 47.0% 6,906 [+] 1.7% 405,119 2 0.26%
2020 64% Joe Biden (D) 200,532 50.1% Donald Trump* (R) 192,607 48.1% 7,454 [+] 1.9% 400,593 1 0.25%
2016 55% Donald Trump (R) 155,017 48.7% Hillary Clinton (D) 144,059 45.2% 19,353 [+] 6.1% 318,429 3 0.23%
2012 54% Mitt Romney (R) 148,635 51.8% Barack Obama* (D) 133,474 46.5% 4,648 [+] 1.6% 286,757 5 0.22%
2008 55% John McCain (R) 135,956 50.1% Barack Obama (D) 132,259 48.7% 3,405 [+] 1.3% 271,620 4 0.21%
2004 51% George W. Bush* (R) 128,407 55.7% John Kerry (D) 98,633 42.8% 3,530 [+] 1.5% 230,570 5 0.19%
2000 46% George W. Bush (R) 103,759 55.1% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 79,395 42.1% 5,279 [+] 2.8% 188,433 7 0.18%
1996 40% Robert Dole (R) 81,649 52.0% Bill Clinton* (D) 66,860 42.6% 8,408 [+] 5.4% 156,917 11 0.16%
1992 43% George Bush* (R) 80,455 49.6% Bill Clinton (D) 61,788 38.1% 20,014 [+] 12.3% 162,257 12 0.16%
1988 37% George Bush (R) 80,684 61.4% Michael Dukakis (D) 49,660 37.8% 1,101 [+] 0.8% 131,445 8 0.14%
1984 40% Ronald Reagan* (R) 86,040 65.6% Walter Mondale (D) 43,898 33.5% 1,232 0.9% 131,170 7 0.14%
1980 41% Ronald Reagan (R) 67,834 55.9% Jimmy Carter* (D) 49,814 41.0% 3,726 [+] 3.1% 121,374 5 0.14%
1976 40% Jimmy Carter (D) 52,115 51.7% Gerald Ford* (R) 47,686 47.3% 914 [+] 0.9% 100,715 -1 0.12%
1972 37% Richard Nixon* (R) 57,303 68.3% George McGovern (D) 24,958 29.8% 1,591 [+] 1.9% 83,852 8 0.11%
1968 47% Richard Nixon (R) 31,657 39.3% Hubert Humphrey (D) 27,287 33.9% 21,602 [+] 26.8% 80,546 -4 0.11%
1964 40% Barry Goldwater (R) 43,718 68.9% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 19,705 31.1% 0 0.0% 63,423 30 0.09%
1960 30% Richard Nixon (R) 27,170 61.6% John Kennedy (D) 16,909 38.4% 0 0.0% 44,079 12 0.06%
1956 24% Write-ins (I) 17,188 53.7% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 9,046 28.2% 5,792 [+] 18.1% 32,026 -29 0.05%
1952 31% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 24,888 66.5% Adlai Stevenson (D) 12,519 33.5% 0 0.0% 37,407 11 0.06%
1948 18% Strom Thurmond (StsRts) 14,854 79.2% Harry Truman* (D) 3,126 16.7% 782 [+] 4.2% 18,762 -41 0.04%
1944 11% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 7,962 72.6% Write-ins (I) 1,730 15.8% 1,281 [+] 11.7% 10,973 -34 0.02%
1940 13% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 9,628 86.0% Wendell Willkie (R) 1,573 14.0% 0 0.0% 11,201 -31 0.02%
1936 14% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 9,594 95.5% Alf Landon (R) 453 4.5% 0 0.0% 10,047 -32 0.02%
1932 12% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 7,704 93.6% Herbert Hoover* (R) 496 6.0% 34 [+] 0.4% 8,234 -34 0.02%
1928 12% Al Smith (D) 5,679 75.3% Herbert Hoover (R) 1,845 24.5% 18 [+] 0.2% 7,542 -34 0.02%
1924 6% John Davis (D) 3,452 87.0% Calvin Coolidge (R) 407 10.3% 108 [+] 2.7% 3,967 -44 0.01%
1920 7% James Cox (D) 4,351 90.3% Warren Harding (R) 455 9.4% 13 [+] 0.3% 4,819 -51 0.02%
1916 5% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 3,102 94.4% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 179 5.4% 4 [+] 0.1% 3,285 -41 0.02%
1912 5% Woodrow Wilson (D) 2,659 91.8% Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) 126 4.4% 111 [+] 3.8% 2,896 -21 0.02%
1908 7% William J. Bryan (D) 3,306 82.1% William Taft (R) 685 17.0% 38 [+] 0.9% 4,029 -35 0.03%
1904 6% Alton Parker (D) 3,121 89.2% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 379 10.8% 0 0.0% 3,500 -46 0.03%
1900 6% William J. Bryan (D) 2,971 87.5% William McKinley* (R) 426 12.5% 0 0.0% 3,397 -39 0.02%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote