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Merry Christmas to numbers lovers. Numbers are coming in. I’ll post them once theyre up, but some tidbids:
- Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin is now just “Greenville-Anderson.”
- Myrtle Beach was #2 in the country in percentage growth.
- Berkeley, Horry, York, Lancaster, and Spartanburg are on fire. All but Spartanburg were in the 100 fastest growing.
- SC added 62,908, the lowest amount since 2014 but still the 4th year of growth over 60,000.
- State population is estimated at 5,084,127.
- Charleston and Dorchester have slowed. In 2015 half of metro Charleston growth was going to Charleston, now half is going to Berkeley.
- Spartanburg gained more people than Charleston and Dorchester combined.
- 1. Horry (by far), 2. Berkeley, 3. York, 4. Spartanburg, 5. Greenville, 6. Beaufort, 7. Dorchester, 8. Charleston, 9. Richland.
- Anderson County crossed 200,000. Only real milestone. Lancaster is close to cracking 100k and Lexington 300k.
- 20 counties lost popluation. Almost half.
Columbia passed a stagnant Baton Rouge to take the #70 spot
Charleston still hot on Dayton, Ohio but hasn’t quite passed them. Maybe another 2 years or so if everything stays the same.
Greenville closed the gap on Albuquerque by about half. Another year and Greenville could jump them if everything stays the same.
Myrtle Beach jumped Visalia-Porterville, CA and Reno, NV to go from #114 to #112. Right behind Port St. Lucie, Florida now.
Thanks for posting the numbers Jandrew.
I'll add the cumulative county growth numbers since 2010.
Horry 75,021
Greenville 63,029
Charleston 55,755
York 48,072
Berkeley 42,775
Lexington 32,603
Richland 30,126
Spartanburg 29,571
Beaufort 26,484
Dorchester 24,474
Lancaster 18,727
Anderson 13,539
Clearly, the typical growth areas continue to grow the most, with coastal areas and the 85 tri-county (GSA) showing the largest raw numbers.
From this list we have 5 distinct areas; GSA, CHS, CAE, MYB, and Rock Hill. Much of the rest of the state has been fairly stagnant or has even lost population.
Here's one. Columbia's MSA grew faster than than DC's.
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