North Charleston, South Carolina

North Charleston population, 2020 to 2024

North Charleston added 10,392 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.0%. In the latest year it moved by +4,265. Among 66 South Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 23rd; the median place changed by +4.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in South Carolina has 14,078 people, so North Charleston is 9.0 times that size.

North Charleston covers 77.97 square miles of land and 3.57 of water, for 1,616 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so North Charleston is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties North Charleston spans

North Charleston crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 126,005 residents as follows; Charleston County holds 75.2% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in North Charleston

7 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap North Charleston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 29404, 29405, 29406, 29418, 29420, 29456, 29485. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where North Charleston is

The Census internal point of North Charleston is at 32.917900, -80.065000. Columbia, the capital, is 93.4 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Charleston, SC (157,665 people), 8.2 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 23 m (75 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in North Charleston

At 32.92° N, North Charleston gets about 14 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the North Charleston daylight page.

Places near North Charleston

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Hanahan, 3.8 miles away, with 21,983 people.