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Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area

The Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area is one county in South Carolina: Horry County. About 427,551 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 21.8% more than in April 2020.

Horry County, centralMyrtle BeachConwayNorth Myrtle Beach
Horry County in South Carolina
Population, July 2025
427,551 21.8% more than in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
County
Horry County
Land area
1,133 sq mi (2,935 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
34820
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The county in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025
Horry CountyCentral427,551

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 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 cities, largest first

  1. Myrtle Beach38,371 people
  2. Conway27,263 people
  3. North Myrtle Beach19,855 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. Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area65,912 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. Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area14 mi southwest
  2. Lumberton, NC Micro Area64 mi north
  3. Wilmington, NC Metro Area67 mi northeast

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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.

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