People QuickFacts Myrtle Beach South Carolina Population, 2012 estimate 28,292 4,723,723 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 27,109 4,625,364 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 4.4% 2.1% Population, 2010 27,109 4,625,364 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 5.8% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 18.5% 23.4% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 15.1% 13.7% Female persons, percent, 2010 49.2% 51.4%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 72.3% 66.2% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 13.9% 27.9% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.7% 0.4% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.5% 1.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.3% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.7% 1.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 13.7% 5.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 67.8% 64.1%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 82.6% 84.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 17.1% 4.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 21.1% 6.7% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 87.8% 83.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 27.0% 24.2% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,179 399,403 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 16.6 23.3  Housing units, 2010 23,262 2,137,683 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 54.3% 69.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 59.2% 17.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $175,000 $137,000 Households, 2007-2011 11,748 1,758,732 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.29 2.52 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $26,393 $23,854 Median household income, 2007-2011 $36,963 $44,587 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 25.2% 17.0%     Business QuickFacts Myrtle Beach South Carolina Total number of firms, 2007 7,291 360,397 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.9% 12.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.5% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.7% 1.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.8% 1.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 23.0% 27.6%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 93,977,455 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 234,914 40,498,047 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,773,107 54,298,410 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $58,511 $12,273 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 797,783 8,383,463     Geography QuickFacts Myrtle Beach South Carolina Land area in square miles, 2010 23.32 30,060.70 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,162.3 153.9 FIPS Code 49075 45 Counties Horry County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts