Municipal · South Carolina

City of Charleston

Charleston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline on Charleston Harbor, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean formed by the confluence of the Ashley, Cooper, and Wando rivers. Charleston had a population of 150,227 at the 2020 census, while the Charleston metropolitan area, comprising Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties, has an estimated 870,000 residents. It ranks as the third-most populous metropolitan area in the state and the 71st-most populous in the U.S. It is the county seat of Charleston County.

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Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)

Census ID (PID6): 174889
FIPS state: 45
FIPS county: 019
FIPS place: 13330
Census record name: CITY OF CHARLESTON
Mailing address: 2 GEORGE ST, CHARLESTON 29401