Charleston City Population - South Carolina

Data Item State City
Population, 2019 estimate - (Number)
Year Value
199090,295
199189,644
199288,760
199388,089
199487,439
199586,584
199684,621
199785,465
199886,782
199989,063
200099,014
2001100,186
2002102,187
2003104,520
2004108,110
2005109,786
2006111,055
2007111,682
2008113,511
2009115,638
2010120,911
2011123,202
2012125,428
2013127,456
2014129,654
2015132,632
2016134,620
2017135,745
2018136,208

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program (PEP), updated annually. Population and Housing Unit Estimates

Definitions:

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Resident Population - All persons who are "usually resident" in a specified geographic area. For the United States, the resident population includes all persons who usually reside in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, but excludes residents of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Island areas under U.S. sovereignty or jurisdiction (principally American Samoa, Guam, United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands). In addition, the U.S. resident population excludes U.S. Armed Forces overseas and civilian U.S. citizens whose usual place of residence is outside the United States.

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Population percent change - The difference between the population of an area at the beginning and end of a time period, expressed as a percentage of the beginning population.

Methodology for U.S. and Puerto Rico