Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Myrtle Beach is 1st in South Carolina out of 57 other cities in Retail sales per capita

Myrtle Beach is 1st in South Carolina out of 78 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Myrtle Beach is 2nd in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Myrtle Beach is 2nd in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Myrtle Beach is 3rd in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Foreign born residents

Myrtle Beach is 5th in South Carolina out of 82 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Myrtle Beach is 5th in South Carolina out of 83 other cities in Retail sales

Myrtle Beach is 9th in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Housing units

Myrtle Beach is 10th in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Myrtle Beach is 10th in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Size Demographics
	Myrtle Beach	Rank	South Carolina	US
Current population (2012)	28,292	14th	4,723,723	313,914,040
Size in square miles	23.3	12th	30,060.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,162.3	59th	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Myrtle Beach	Rank	South Carolina	US
Residents younger than 5	5.8%	78th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.5%	83rd	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.1%	33rd	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Myrtle Beach	Rank	South Carolina	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.8%	39th	83.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	27.0%	37th	24.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Myrtle Beach	Rank	South Carolina	US
Race - White	72.3%	32nd	68.4%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	13.9%	71st	28.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.7%	10th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.5%	39th	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.3%	2nd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.7%	13th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	10th	5.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	67.8%	35th	64.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Myrtle Beach	Rank	South Carolina	US
Female residents	49.2%	88th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	17.1%	3rd	4.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Myrtle Beach	Rank	South Carolina	US
Housing units	23,262	9th	2,157,033	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	59.2%	2nd	17.6%	25.9%
Households	11,748	13th	1,758,732	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	54.3%	62nd	69.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$175,000	20th	$137,000	$186,200
People per household	2.3	72nd	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics
	Myrtle Beach	Rank	South Carolina	US
Income per capita	$26,393	27th	$23,854	$27,915
Income per household	$36,963	57th	$44,587	$52,762
Income below poverty line	25.2%	29th	17.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Myrtle Beach	Rank	South Carolina	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	7,291	5th	360,397	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,773,107	5th	$54,298,410	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$58,511	1st	$12,273	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$797,783	1st	$8,383,463	$613,795,732