Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area

The Murrells Inlet, SC micro area is one county in South Carolina: Georgetown County. About 65,912 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 4.0% more than in April 2020.

Georgetown County, centralMurrells Inlet
Georgetown County in South Carolina
Population, July 2025
65,912 4.0% more than in April 2020
Type
Micropolitan statistical area
County
Georgetown County
Land area
814 sq mi (2,107 km²)
Time zone
Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July
State
South Carolina
Combined statistical area
Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC
CBSA code
34680

The county in the Murrells Inlet, SC micro area

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025
Georgetown CountyCentral65,912

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of 10,000 to 49,999 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal city

  1. Murrells Inlet10,044 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Part of the Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other area in this one is

  1. Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area427,551 people

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area14 mi northeast
  2. Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area73 mi southwest

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