U.S. PLACE PROFILE
Charleston, SC
Charleston is a City in Charleston County, South Carolina. The loaded 2025 population estimate is 159,423.
Published locationSouth Carolina
Population estimate159,4232025 loaded Census estimate
CountyCharleston CountyPrimary loaded county
Place typeCityCensus place classification
Coordinates32.82802, -79.97290Census representative point
EXPLORE FROM CHARLESTON
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Closest published places
Nearest qualifying Census places by straight-line distance.
Mount Pleasant, SC6.4 miles · E→
James Island, SC6.7 miles · S
Hanahan, SC7.3 miles · N
North Charleston, SC8.2 miles · NW→Sullivan's Island, SC9.1 miles · SE
Folly Beach, SC11.0 miles · S
County coverage
Some incorporated places cross county lines. These county-part values come from the loaded Census county-place-part population layer.
| County | 2025 population in this place part |
|---|---|
| Berkeley County | 16,691 |
| Charleston County | 142,732 |
DATA COVERAGE
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PRIMARY GEOGRAPHIC SOURCE
U.S. Census Bureau
Place identity, coordinates and geographic identifiers are tied to the loaded Census source record for this location.