2022 population: 830,529 ( 165,922 from 2010 , 30,889 from 2020)
Land area: 2590.2 square miles
Population density: 320.6 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	535,863	64.52%	27.5%
Black:	201,292	24.24%	10.4%
Indian:	2,951	0.36%	13.5%
Asian:	19,115	2.30%	71.0%
2+ races:	17,994	2.17%	58.7%
Hispanic:	53,314	6.42%	49.3%

Total non-White:	294,666	35.48%	20.6%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	21,692	13.6
Deaths:	17,089	10.7
Net Migration:	22,869	14.3
Net Immigration:	3,221	2.0

Change in White population:	115,623	17.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	50,299	7.6

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

[Display all years]

Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
664,607
420,240	63.23%
182,363	27.44%
2,601	0.39%
11,176	1.68%
11,337	1.71%
35,707	5.37%
244,367	36.77%

2000
549,033
351,434	64.01%
168,143	30.63%
2,091	0.38%
7,426	1.35%
6,241	1.14%
13,091	2.38%
197,599	35.99%

1990
506,875
339,953	67.07%
152,312	30.05%
1,756	0.35%
5,704	1.13%
n/a
7,150	1.41%
166,922	32.93%

1980
430,462
286,957	66.66%
132,056	30.68%
773	0.18%
4,121	0.96%
n/a
6,143	1.43%
143,505	33.34%

1970
336,125
226,381	67.35%
105,232	31.31%
371	0.11%
1,156	0.34%
n/a
2,730	0.81%
109,744	32.65%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
79,843	14.5
42,369	7.7
65,295	11.9
7,000	1.3

68,806	12.5
46,768	8.5

Number	Rate
1990's
82,035	16.2
38,190	7.5
-29,923	-5.9
3,220	0.6

11,481	2.3
30,677	6.1

Number	Rate
1980's
89,518	20.8
31,079	7.2
22,585	5.2
n/a

52,996	12.3
23,417	5.4

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
42,917	12.8
n/a

60,576	18.0
33,761	10.0

Age, Family & Household Data for Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area

[Display all years]

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
38.0
173,151	20.8%
657,378	79.2%
128,018	15.4%

318,484
2.47

201,840	63.4%
150,051	74.3%
19,610	9.7%
116,644	36.6%

2010
Number	Percent
35.5
154,646	23.3%
509,961	76.7%
76,364	11.5%

259,987
2.49

169,683	65.3%
118,356	69.8%
21,549	12.7%
90,304	34.7%

2000
Number	Percent
34.1
141,125	25.7%
407,908	74.3%
56,738	10.3%

207,816
2.55

142,118	68.4%
103,956	73.1%
18,176	12.8%
65,698	31.6%

1990
Number	Percent
29.8
140,067	27.6%
366,808	72.4%
43,283	8.5%

177,484
2.75

130,968	73.8%
102,008	77.9%
13,547	10.3%
46,516	26.2%

1980
Number	Percent
26.4
131,481	30.5%
298,981	69.5%
29,571	6.9%

137,696
2.98

107,600	78.1%
86,234	80.1%
10,507	9.8%
30,096	21.9%

2022 Housing Data for Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	15,709	4.9%
$10,000 to $14,999	8,377	2.6%
$15,000 to $19,999	9,991	3.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	11,265	3.5%
$25,000 to $29,999	10,573	3.3%
$30,000 to $34,999	12,381	3.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	10,265	3.2%
$40,000 to $44,999	11,730	3.7%
$45,000 to $49,999	11,418	3.6%
$50,000 to $59,999	22,524	7.1%
$60,000 to $74,999	30,395	9.5%
$75,000 to $99,999	42,327	13.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	34,254	10.8%
$125,000 to $149,999	23,881	7.5%
$150,000 to $199,999	28,032	8.8%
$200,000 or more	35,362	11.1%

Median Household Income	77,585
Per Capita Income	44,878

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

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	10,340	3.2%
Public Assistance	4,324	1.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	24,716	7.8%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	352,153	71.8%
Unemployed	14,892	3.0%
In Armed Forces	10,360	2.1%

Total Labor Force	377,405	77.0%
Not in Labor Force	112,962	23.0%

Real Unemployment Rate		26.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	141,766	121,192	53.9%
Non-Profit	8,033	14,246	36.1%
Self-Employed	26,432	15,839	62.5%

Local Government	10,003	17,076	36.9%
State Government	8,697	15,362	36.1%
Federal Government	10,386	7,535	58.0%

Total Private + Self	168,198	137,031	55.1%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	37,119	54,219	40.6%
Total	205,317	191,250	51.8%

Pct. Govt.	17.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	70,347	17.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	81,475	20.5%
Professional, Technical	100,583	25.3%
Service Occupations	63,049	15.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	659	0.2%
All others	81,950	20.6%

White Collar		63.5%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	50,621	12.7%
Retail trade	42,102	10.6%
Manufacturing	38,539	9.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	37,853	9.5%
Educational services	33,763	8.5%
Accommodation and food services	32,991	8.3%
Construction	30,138	7.6%
Public administration	22,097	5.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	18,894	4.8%
Transportation and warehousing	18,413	4.6%
Other services	18,364	4.6%
Finance and insurance	13,654	3.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	10,387	2.6%
Wholesale trade	8,495	2.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	7,991	2.0%
Information	6,891	1.7%
Utilities	3,956	1.0%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,742	0.4%
Management	306	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	207	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	22,903	2.85%
Puerto Rican	7,128	0.89%
Cuban	1,133	0.14%
Dominican	1,092	0.14%

Total Central American	6,981	0.87%
Costa Rican	110	0.01%
Guatemalan	2,211	0.28%
Honduran	2,946	0.37%
Nicaraguan	274	0.03%
Panamanian	525	0.07%
Salvadoran	915	0.11%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	4,970	0.62%
Argentinean	425	0.05%
Bolivian	131	0.02%
Chilean	275	0.03%
Colombian	1,520	0.19%
Ecuadorian	876	0.11%
Paraguayan	13	0.00%
Peruvian	616	0.08%
Uruguayan	93	0.01%
Venezuelan	987	0.12%
Other South American	34	0.00%

Other Hispanic	4,717	0.59%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	5,120	0.64%
Chinese	2,975	0.37%
Indian	2,368	0.29%
Vietnamese	2,103	0.26%
Korean	843	0.10%
Japanese	431	0.05%
Laotian	287	0.04%
Bangladeshi	269	0.03%
Taiwanese	212	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	696,865	92.1%
Spanish	33,596	4.4%
Other Indo-European	7,547	1.0%
Tagalog	3,354	0.4%
German, other Germanic	2,783	0.4%
Chinese	2,526	0.3%
French, Haitian, Cajun	2,520	0.3%
Other Asian	1,846	0.2%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	1,821	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	92,290	11.5%
German	83,656	10.4%
American	82,274	10.2%
Irish	77,173	9.6%
Italian	33,037	4.1%
French	17,443	2.2%
Scottish	17,032	2.1%
European	15,013	1.9%
Polish	14,497	1.8%
Scotch-Irish	10,783	1.3%
British	5,807	0.7%
Dutch	4,907	0.6%
Norwegian	4,690	0.6%
African	4,549	0.6%
Swedish	4,510	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	779,647	97.0%
Not a citizen	23,751	3.0%

Native	758,116	94.4%
Foreign-born	45,282	5.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
13,961	2.5%	32,592	5.8%	130,205	23.2%	165,058	29.5%	137,145	24.5%	81,224	14.5%
Average years of education: 14.0

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	13,961	2.5%
9-12 Years	32,592	5.8%
H.S. Grad or GED	130,205	23.2%
Some College	165,058	29.5%
Bach. Degree	137,145	24.5%
Grad Degree	81,224	14.5%
Average years of education: 14.0

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	472,328	458,288	14,040	3.0%
1991	487,338	467,028	20,310	4.2%
1992	495,618	466,840	28,778	5.8%
1993	494,444	463,456	30,988	6.3%
1994	492,158	462,426	29,732	6.0%
1995	491,594	466,560	25,034	5.1%
1996	492,120	466,538	25,582	5.2%
1997	511,364	490,854	20,510	4.0%
1998	527,112	512,284	14,828	2.8%
1999	539,006	521,888	17,118	3.2%

2000	530,164	512,856	17,308	3.3%
2001	521,020	498,804	22,216	4.3%
2002	535,402	509,076	26,326	4.9%
2003	556,766	525,250	31,516	5.7%
2004	578,154	544,262	33,892	5.9%
2005	591,322	556,800	34,522	5.8%
2006	617,632	583,654	33,978	5.5%
2007	634,644	604,228	30,416	4.8%
2008	640,004	601,772	38,232	6.0%
2009	640,090	579,386	60,704	9.5%

2010	659,858	597,924	61,934	9.4%
2011	674,770	616,350	58,420	8.7%
2012	687,514	636,354	51,160	7.4%
2013	692,586	650,018	42,568	6.1%
2014	706,972	669,112	37,860	5.4%
2015	728,350	691,334	37,016	5.1%
2016	741,694	710,430	31,264	4.2%
2017	751,458	724,466	26,992	3.6%
2018	765,406	743,546	21,860	2.9%
2019	788,458	770,140	18,318	2.3%

2020	789,096	741,536	47,560	6.0%
2021	787,716	759,514	28,202	3.6%
2022	808,466	785,268	23,198	2.9%
2023	850,666	829,176	21,490	2.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	362,156
Median Value	$347,248

Occupied	318,484	87.9%
Vacant	43,672	12.1%

Owned	217,657	68.3%
Rented	100,827	31.7%
Median Rent	$1,392

Single-Family Units	243,919	67.4%
Detached	223,661	61.8%
Attached	20,258	5.6%
Buldings with 5+ Units	64,959	17.9%
Mobile Homes	33,630	9.3%

Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area