Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA Regional Analytics

Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA Regional Analytics
-- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015

Natural Change	20,591
equals Births	46,257
less Deaths	25,666
Net Migration	53,666
equals net International Migration	5,259
plus net Domestic Migration	48,407

The population of the Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA changed from 667,496 on 2010 to 744,526 in 2015 -- a change of 77,030 (11.54%). This report provides a summary of how and why the population has changed during this period and what these factors suggest about future change.

Primary Contributing Factors to Change
The primary contributing factors resulting in population change are 1) natural change (births less deaths) and/or 2) net migration. Eight tables are presented below providing annual data for each component county of the metro and metro summary. The tables provide data on the total population, births, deaths, natural change (births less deaths), international migration, domestic migration and net migration.

From 2010 to 2015 (7/1/2010-6/30/2015), net migration (53,666) exceeded natural change (20,591); net migration has been the primary contributing factor for the metro population change. Examine the metro by county tables below to learn about how each county contributes to the metro population growth or decline.

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Related Sections
• Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA S&O Report
• State of the States -- all states interactive table
• Metro S&O Reports -- all metros interactive table
• CountyTrends 2010-2015 -- all counties interactive table
• CountyTrends -- multi-sourced county data
• Regional Data Analytics Main

Table 1. Population
Area Name	GeoID	Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Chg 10-15	%Chg 10-15
Berkeley County, SC	45015	P0000001	178,923	183,680	189,518	193,872	198,209	202,786	23,863	13.34
Charleston County, SC	45019	P0000001	351,071	357,512	365,121	372,289	380,338	389,262	38,191	10.88
Dorchester County, SC	45035	P0000001	137,502	140,028	142,401	145,244	148,422	152,478	14,976	10.89
Total		P0000001	667,496	681,220	697,040	711,405	726,969	744,526	77,030	11.54
Table 2. Births
Area Name	GeoID	Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Sum11-15
Berkeley County, SC	45015	B0000001	2,444	2,487	2,588	2,631	2,624	2,667	12,997
Charleston County, SC	45019	B0000001	4,432	4,784	4,761	4,621	4,946	4,968	24,080
Dorchester County, SC	45035	B0000001	1,736	1,760	1,841	1,802	1,870	1,907	9,180
Total		B0000001	8,612	9,031	9,190	9,054	9,440	9,542	46,257
Table 3. Deaths
Area Name	GeoID	Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Sum11-15
Berkeley County, SC	45015	D0000001	892	1,136	1,178	1,252	1,342	1,351	6,259
Charleston County, SC	45019	D0000001	3,024	2,885	2,818	2,874	3,032	3,121	14,730
Dorchester County, SC	45035	D0000001	700	863	907	942	962	1,003	4,677
Total		D0000001	4,616	4,884	4,903	5,068	5,336	5,475	25,666
Table 4. Natural Change
Area Name	GeoID	Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Sum11-15
Berkeley County, SC	45015	NC000001	1,552	1,351	1,410	1,379	1,282	1,316	6,738
Charleston County, SC	45019	NC000001	1,408	1,899	1,943	1,747	1,914	1,847	9,350
Dorchester County, SC	45035	NC000001	1,036	897	934	860	908	904	4,503
Total		NC000001	3,996	4,147	4,287	3,986	4,104	4,067	20,591
Table 5. International Migration
Area Name	GeoID	Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Sum11-15
Berkeley County, SC	45015	MI000001	428	174	664	428	392	543	2,201
Charleston County, SC	45019	MI000001	460	294	488	373	383	463	2,001
Dorchester County, SC	45035	MI000001	240	142	280	198	203	234	1,057
Total		MI000001	1,128	610	1,432	999	978	1,240	5,259
Table 6. Domestic Migration
Area Name	GeoID	Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Sum11-15
Berkeley County, SC	45015	MD000001	2,204	2,817	3,704	2,502	2,449	2,598	14,070
Charleston County, SC	45019	MD000001	1,500	4,116	5,041	4,710	5,482	6,125	25,474
Dorchester County, SC	45035	MD000001	2,304	1,273	1,145	1,695	1,971	2,779	8,863
Total		MD000001	6,008	8,206	9,890	8,907	9,902	11,502	48,407
Table 7. Net Migration
Area Name	GeoID	Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Sum11-15
Berkeley County, SC	45015	MN000001	2,632	2,991	4,368	2,930	2,841	3,141	16,271
Charleston County, SC	45019	MN000001	1,960	4,410	5,529	5,083	5,865	6,588	27,475
Dorchester County, SC	45035	MN000001	2,544	1,415	1,425	1,893	2,174	3,013	9,920
Total		MN000001	7,136	8,816	11,322	9,906	10,880	12,742	53,666
Table 8. Group Quarters
Area Name	GeoID	Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Chg10-15	%Chg 10-15
Berkeley County, SC	45015	GQ000001	3,742	3,606	3,606	3,599	3,609	3,607	-135	-3.61
Charleston County, SC	45019	GQ000001	10,366	10,354	10,559	10,554	10,521	10,396	30	0.29
Dorchester County, SC	45035	GQ000001	2,015	2,015	2,012	2,015	1,995	1,872	-143	-7.10
Total		GQ000001	16,123	15,975	16,177	16,168	16,125	15,875	-248	-1.54

Source: developed by ProximityOne based on Census Bureau and other data.
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