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The town of Mount Pleasant is located in Charleston County.
Typical abbreviation for Mount Pleasant: Mt. Pleasant (or less commonly used: Mnt. Pleasant)
Mount Pleasant is near sea level<1>.
Time Zone: Mount Pleasant lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.
Communities that are also named Mount Pleasant can be found in:
At the time of the 2000 Census, Mount Pleasant had a population of 47,609 people<3> (or 15.31% of the total population of Charleston County). The population of Mount Pleasant represented 1.19% of the total of South Carolina, making it the state's 6th most populous community.
From the Census Estimates for 2008, Mount Pleasant had a population of 65,472 people. This is an increase of 37.52% since the 2000 Census.
The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Mount Pleasant.
| Year | Population | Change
Since 2000 | Year-to-Year Change |
| 2008 | 65,472 | +37.52% | +1.18% since 2007 |
| 2007 | 64,710 | +35.92% | +3.87% since 2006 |
| 2006 | 62,302 | +30.86% | +4.96% since 2005 |
| 2005 | 59,357 | +24.68% | |
| --- | | | | 2000 | 47,609 | The Last Census |
The following is a sample of nearby communities:
| | Community | Direction | Distance<4> | 2008
Population | Change
Since 2000 |
| | Awendaw |  NE | 14 mi [22.53 km] | 1,189 | 0.5% decrease |
| | Charleston |  W | 7 mi [11.27 km] | 111,978 | 15.86% increase |
| | Folly Beach |  SW | 14 mi [22.53 km] | 2,412 | 13.99% increase |
| | Goose Creek |  NW | 15 mi [24.14 km] | 37,900 | 29.76% increase |
| | Grove Creek Village | W | 9 mi [14.48 km] | --- | |
| | Hanahan | NW | 11 mi [17.7 km] | 16,065 | 24.18% increase |
To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Mount Pleasant.
Website for Mount Pleasant
| Official Website: | www.townofmountpleasant.com/ |
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Footnotes
| <1> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mount Pleasant - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation |
| <2> | We use the term 'historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mount Pleasant, please let us know so that we can make corrections. - Return to Citation |
| <3> | Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Mount Pleasant. - Return to Citation |
| <4> | Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Mount Pleasant and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation |
| <5> | All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation |
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