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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

Hilton
(Richland County)

Hilton Head Plantation
(Beaufort County)

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The 2000 Census showed that Hilton Head Island had a population of 33,862 people ^<1>. This represents 0.84% of the total population of South Carolina, making it the state's 9th most populous community.

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

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	33,913	+0.15%
2007	33,890
2006	34,156	+0.87%	-1.74% since 2005
2005	34,761	+2.65%	+0.47% since 2004
2004	34,600	+2.18%
2003	34,578	+2.11%	-0.11% since 2002
2002	34,616	+2.23%	+1.67% since 2001
2001	34,048	+0.55%	+0.55% since 2000
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2000	33,862	The Last Census

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
6	Mount Pleasant	NE	69 mi [111 km]	65,472	37.52% increase
7	Spartanburg	N	201 mi [323.5 km]	39,584	0.22% decrease
8	Sumter	N	122 mi [196.3 km]	38,625	2.57% decrease
-9-	Hilton Head Island			33,913	0.15% increase
10	Florence	N	147 mi [236.6 km]	31,570	4.37% increase
11	Goose Creek	NE	68 mi [109.4 km]	37,900	29.76% increase
12	Summerville	NE	64 mi [103 km]	45,193	62.85% increase

Hilton Head Island had 24,647 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Hilton Head Island has a total area of 55.6 square miles [143.9 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 42.06 square miles [108.9 km²]13.49 square miles [34.95 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Hilton Head Island had a 2000 population density of 805 people per square mile [310.8 people/km²], making it the state's 113rd most densely populated area.

Beaufort County

The town of Hilton Head Island is located in Beaufort County.

The county had a population of 122,068 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 33,862 people, Hilton Head Island contained 27.74% of the Beaufort County total.

In addition, where the community of Hilton Head Island has a population density of 805 people per square mile [310.8 people/km²], Beaufort County averages 208 people per square mile [80.3 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

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

Radius	No of Communities	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
5 mi [8 km]	1	33,913	0.15% increase
10 mi [16 km]	2	38,225	8.79% increase
15 mi [24 km]	4	53,149	25.12% increase
20 mi [32 km]	6	67,667	18.25% increase
25 mi [40 km]	8	72,872	17.38% increase
30 mi [48 km]	14	242,169	10.63% increase

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 Hilton Head Island. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Hilton Head Island, it also contains a comparison between Hilton Head Island and the state of South Carolina.

Click here for the Hilton Head Island QuickFact (QF-4534045).

A Census Quickfact is available for Beaufort County (QF-45013).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Beaufort County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Colleton	QF-45029	N	39,019	1.78% increase
Hampton	QF-45049	NW	21,075	1.32% decrease
Jasper	QF-45053	W	22,330	7.86% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Hilton Head Island:

	State Code:	45 (South Carolina)
	County Code:	013 (Beaufort County)
	Place Code:	34045 (Hilton Head Island)

	State & County Code:	45013 (South Carolina/Beaufort County)

	State & Place Code:	4534045 (South Carolina/Hilton Head Island)

Hilton Head Island 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 Hilton Head Island.

The Commemorative
Quarter for
South Carolina ^<6>

Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when 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) Hilton Head Island. 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).

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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Hilton Head Island:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Hilton Head Island? Please visit the Map Page for Hilton Head Island.

Footnotes

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation
<2>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Hilton Head Island and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<3>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live, whether occupied or temporarily vacant, such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway). - Return to Citation
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Hilton Head Island. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group of people. - Return to Citation
<5>	The communities in our count are those provided by the 2000 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate directly in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count. - Return to Citation
<6>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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