South Carolina · Census place 4545790
Meggett, South Carolina
Meggett is a town in Charleston County, South Carolina with an estimated 1,453 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 134th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,453
- #134 of 152 in South Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +4.2%
- +59 people
- Land area
- 18.1 sq mi
- + 0.62 sq mi water
- Density
- 80 / sq mi
- State median 1,356
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Meggett population, 2020 to 2024
Meggett added 59 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.2%. In the latest year it moved by +19.
Meggett covers 18.14 square miles of land and 0.62 of water, for 80 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Meggett is less dense than the typical town.
What county Meggett is in
All of Meggett's residents live in Charleston County, which had 431,001 residents in 2024. Meggett holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Meggett
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Meggett by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29449. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Meggett is
The Census internal point of Meggett is at 32.689700, -80.257600. Columbia, the capital, is 101.1 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hollywood, SC (5,503 people), 5.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Charleston, SC, 19.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.689700, -80.257600
- DMS
- 32°41'22.92"N 80°15'27.36"W
- UTM
- 17N 569594.5E 3617131.4N
- Geohash
- djycvwypq
- Plus code
- 864XMPQR+VX
Daylight in Meggett
At 32.69° N, Meggett gets about 14 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Meggett
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Hollywood, 5.3 miles away, with 5,503 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Meggett, SC?
1,453 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 59 (4.2%) from 1,394 in July 2020.
What county is Meggett in?
Charleston County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Meggett?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29449.
How far is Meggett from Columbia?
101.1 miles (162.7 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Meggett.
What is the nearest larger city to Meggett?
Hollywood, SC, with 5,503 residents, 5.3 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.