Goose Creek, South Carolina

Current Weather

The 2000 Census showed that Goose Creek had a population of 29,208 people^<1>. This represents 0.73% of the total population of South Carolina, making it the state's 11th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
8	Sumter	N	68 mi [109.4 km]	38,625	2.57% decrease
9	Hilton Head Island	SW	68 mi [109.4 km]	33,913	0.15% increase
10	Florence	N	82 mi [132 km]	31,570	4.37% increase
-11-	Goose Creek			37,900	29.76% increase
12	Summerville	W	8 mi [12.87 km]	45,193	62.85% increase
13	Anderson	NW	183 mi [294.5 km]	27,027	5.93% increase
14	Aiken	W	104 mi [167.4 km]	29,434	16.17% increase

Goose Creek had 9,482 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Goose Creek has an area^<4> of 31.69 square miles [82.1 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Goose Creek had a 2000 population density of 921 people per square mile [355.8 people/km²], making it the state's 100th most densely populated area.

Berkeley County

The city of Goose Creek is primarily located in Berkeley County. A portion of Goose Creek extends into Charleston County.

The county had a population of 143,236 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 29,208 people, Goose Creek contained 20.39% of the Berkeley County total.

In addition, where the community of Goose Creek has a population density of 921 people per square mile [355.8 people/km²], Berkeley County averages 130.5 people per square mile [50.4 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Berkeley County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Goose Creek and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Goose Creek. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Goose Creek. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Goose Creek, it also contains a comparison between Goose Creek and the state of South Carolina.

Click here for the Goose Creek QuickFact (QF-4529815).

The following communities are nearby Goose Creek and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	North Charleston	QF-4550875	S	6 mi [9.66 km]	94,407	18.54% increase
	Charleston	QF-4513330	S	13 mi [20.92 km]	111,978	15.86% increase
	Mount Pleasant	QF-4548535	SE	15 mi [24.14 km]	65,472	37.52% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Goose Creek.

A Census Quickfact is available for Berkeley County (QF-45015).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Berkeley County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Charleston	QF-45019	S	348,046	11.95% increase
	Dorchester	QF-45035	W	127,133	31.45% increase
	Georgetown	QF-45043	NE	60,731	8.37% increase
	Orangeburg	QF-45075	NW	90,336	1.26% decrease
	Williamsburg	QF-45089	N	35,090	5.51% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Goose Creek:

Goose Creek is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Goose Creek.

The Commemorative Quarter for South Carolina<6>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Goose Creek. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

Other Roadside Stops

Off-the-Road Links

Footnotes