Summerville, South Carolina

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The 2000 Census showed that Summerville had a population of 27,752 people^<1>. This represents 0.69% of the total population of South Carolina, making it the state's 12th 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
9	Hilton Head Island	SW	64 mi [103 km]	33,913	0.15% increase
10	Florence	N	84 mi [135.2 km]	31,570	4.37% increase
11	Goose Creek	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	37,900	29.76% increase
-12-	Summerville			45,193	62.85% increase
13	Anderson	NW	176 mi [283.2 km]	27,027	5.93% increase
14	Aiken	W	96 mi [154.5 km]	29,434	16.17% increase
15	Myrtle Beach	NE	89 mi [143.2 km]	30,596	34.43% increase

Summerville had 11,087 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Summerville has an area^<4> of 15.36 square miles [39.78 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Summerville had a 2000 population density of 1,806 people per square mile [697 people/km²], making it the state's 13th most densely populated area.

Dorchester County

The town of Summerville is primarily located in Dorchester County. A portion of Summerville extends into Berkeley County and Charleston County.

The county had a population of 96,715 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 27,752 people, Summerville contained 28.69% of the Dorchester County total.

In addition, where the community of Summerville has a population density of 1,806 people per square mile [697 people/km²], Dorchester County averages 168.3 people per square mile [65 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Summerville and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Summerville. 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 haven't created a QuickFact for Summerville, there are QuickFacts available for the following nearby communities:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Goose Creek	QF-4529815	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	37,900	29.76% increase
	North Charleston	QF-4550875	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]	94,407	18.54% increase
	Charleston	QF-4513330	SE	18 mi [28.97 km]	111,978	15.86% increase
	Mount Pleasant	QF-4548535	SE	22 mi [35.41 km]	65,472	37.52% increase

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

A Census Quickfact is available for Dorchester County (QF-45035).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Dorchester County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bamberg	QF-45009	W	15,307	7.84% decrease
	Berkeley	QF-45015	E	169,327	18.22% increase
	Charleston	QF-45019	SE	348,046	11.95% increase
	Colleton	QF-45029	SW	39,019	1.78% increase
	Orangeburg	QF-45075	NW	90,336	1.26% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

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

Summerville 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 Summerville.

The Commemorative Quarter for South Carolina<6>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned 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) Summerville. 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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