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The city of North Charleston is primarily located in Berkeley County. A portion of North Charleston extends into Charleston County and Dorchester County.
Typical abbreviation for North Charleston: N. Charleston
North Charleston is near sea level<1>.
Time Zone: North Charleston lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.
West Virginia has a community that is also named North Charleston.
At the time of the 2000 Census, North Charleston had a population of 79,641 people<2> (or 55.6% of the total population of Berkeley County). The population of North Charleston represented 1.99% of the total of South Carolina, making it the state's 3rd most populous community.
From the Census Estimates for 2008, North Charleston had a population of 94,407 people. This is an increase of 18.54% 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 North Charleston.
| Year | Population | Change
Since 2000 | Year-to-Year Change |
| 2008 | 94,407 | +18.54% | +3.38% since 2007 |
| 2007 | 91,322 | +14.67% | +2.15% since 2006 |
| 2006 | 89,399 | +12.25% | +1.68% since 2005 |
| 2005 | 87,920 | +10.4% | |
| --- | | | | 2000 | 79,641 | The Last Census |
The following is a sample of nearby communities:
| | Community | Direction | Distance<3> | 2008
Population | Change
Since 2000 |
| | Charleston |  SE | 8 mi [12.87 km] | 111,978 | 15.86% increase |
| | Folly Beach | SE | 17 mi [27.36 km] | 2,412 | 13.99% increase |
| | Goose Creek |  N | 6 mi [9.66 km] | 37,900 | 29.76% increase |
| | Hollywood |  SW | 13 mi [20.92 km] | 4,398 | 11.45% increase |
| | Isle-of-Palms |  E | 19 mi [30.58 km] | 4,678 | 2.07% increase |
| | Mount Pleasant | E | 14 mi [22.53 km] | 65,472 | 37.52% increase |
To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for North Charleston.
Website for North Charleston
| Official Website: | www.northcharleston.net/ |
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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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| Last Modified: 05 Nov 2009 |
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