ZIP Code 29406

Mount Pleasant is a large suburban town in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. In the Low Country, it is the fourth largest municipality and largest town in South Carolina. For several years, it was one of the state's fastest-growing areas, doubling in population between 1990 and 2000. The population was 90,801 at the 2020 census. The estimated population in 2019 was 91,684. At the foot of the Arthur Ravenel Bridge is Patriots Point, a naval and maritime museum, home to the World War II aircraft carrier USS Yorktown, which is now a museum ship. The site of Mount Pleasant was originally occupied by the Sewee people, an Algonquian language-speaking tribe. The first European settlers arrived from England on July 6, 1680, under the leadership of Captain Florentia O'Sullivan. In 1706 the Province of Carolina withstood several attacks by the Spanish and the French from their settlements to the south and were victorious in defeating French invaders in an area known as "Abcaw". By 1721, 107 families were living in Christ Church parish, including 400 whites and 637 enslaved Africans or African Americans. As the area was developed for large plantations, enslaved Africans and African Americans made up the chief labor force of the slave society. In 1875, African-American residents made up 73% of Charleston County's population. Some of the first freedmen to be formed after the Civil War in the early 21st century are located in Mount Pleasant.

History

Mount Pleasant is the primary city name, but also Mt Pleasant are acceptable city names or spellings. The official name is Town of Mount Pleasant. The site of Mount Pleasant was originally occupied by the Sewee people, an Algonquian language-speaking tribe. The first European settlers arrived from England on July 6, 1680, under the leadership of Captain Florentia O'Sullivan. By 1721, 107 families were living in Christ Church parish, including 400 whites and 637 enslaved Africans or African Americans. The majority of the population in the town was African American through the 19th and early 20th centuries. During the Civil War, Battery Guerry and an adjacent floating battery between Mount Pleasant and Sullivan's Island were instrumental in defense of the city. The city was defended by a line of fortifications from Elliot's Creek at Boone Hall to Copahee Sound. The original plank-and-barrel footbridge, later known as the Pitt Street Bridge at the foot of the Old Village area in Mount Pleasant, was used by the crew of the H.L. Hunley to cross to Breach Inlet to test the submarine. In 1899 the original wooden plank bridge was replaced by a trolley bridge. The Pitt Street bridge was dismantled in 1945, but the remains are visible in the Intracoastal Waterway. The area has been maintained since then as the Pickett Bridge Recreation Area. It was named for Charleston doctor Otis Pickett. In 1875 African Americans made up 73% of thePopulation in Charleston County. Today, Mount Pleasant is one of the most popular tourist destinations in South Carolina.

Historic sites

The Auld Mound, Buzzard's Island Site, Christ Church, Cook's Old Field Cemetery, Long Point Plantation (38CH321), Lucas Family Cemetery, Mount Pleasant Historic District, Oakland Plantation House, Old Berkeley County Courthouse, Paul Pritchard Shipyard, Remley Point Cemetery, Slave Street, Smokehouse, and Allee. Charles Pinckney National Historic Site, USS Clamagore (SS-343), USS Laffey (DD-724), and USS Yorktown (CV-10) are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Mount Pleasant is home to one of the largest concentrations of African-American population in U.S. history. The city is also home to the largest concentration of black residents in the United States, with more than 1.5 million people living in the area. The town is located on the banks of the Little Rappahannock River, which flows into the Mississippi River. It is also the site of the oldest black settlement in the state, the Long Point plantation, which dates back to 17th century. The community is also known as Mount Pleasant because of its association with Mount Pleasant High School, which was founded in 1788. The village is known for its black residents, many of whom went on to become prominent members of the community. It also has a large black community, with many African-Americans living in and around the town. In the early 1900s, the town was known as "Mount Pleasant" because of the town's black population.

Geography

Mount Pleasant is located in central Charleston County at 32°4923N 79°5044W (32.823189, -79.845477), on the east side of Charleston Harbor and the tidal Wando River. It is bordered to the south by the city of Sullivan's Island and to the west and northwest, across the harbor and river, by theCity of Charleston. For many years, the town was populated largely on a seasonal basis by Charleston residents wealthy enough to afford summer homes across the river from the Charleston peninsula, where they would go believing they could escape the regular summer "fevers" The population of Mount Pleasant was centered in "Old Village".According to the United States Census Bureau, the Town has a total area of 52.6 square miles (136.2 km²), of which 45.1 square miles. (116.8 km²) is land and 7.5square miles (19.5km²), or 14.30%, is water. The town limits have pushed northeastward from the Old Village area 24 miles (39 km) along U.S. Route 17, nearly as far as Awendaw. Mount Pleasant is separated from Charleston by the Cooper River, which is a tributary of the Wando. It has a population of 2,788. The Town is home to the South Carolina College of Arts and Sciences, which has a campus in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. The College of arts and sciences is a division of the University of South Carolina, where students study art and design.

Airport

Mount Pleasant Regional Airport also known as "Faison Field" and LRO, is a public airport located within the town limits 9 miles (14 km) northeast of the central business district of Mount Pleasant. The airport shares runways with the adjacent Charleston Air Force Base. Charleston International Airport is the busiest passenger airport in South Carolina (IATA: CHS, ICAO: KCHS) Both airports are owned and operated by the Charleston County Aviation Authority. It is the only airport in the state that does not share a runway with the air base. The town is served by a number of airlines, including Air Canada, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, American Airlines, and Spirit Airlines. The city is also served by the City of North Charleston, which is about 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Mount Pleasant, and by the University of South Carolina, which has an airport on the campus of the University of Charleston. The City of North Charleston is the largest city in South Carolina, with more than 100,000 people living in its downtown area. The City of North Charleston is also home to the South Carolina Museum of Art, which was founded in 1875. The University of South Carolina has a museum dedicated to the history of the city, which dates back to the 17th century. It was the site of the first African-American settlement in the area, and is now home to a museum of African American history.

Demographics

As of the 2020 U.S. census, there were 90,801 people, 36,111 households, and 24,203 families residing in the town. The racial makeup of the city was 90.17% White, 7.25% African American, 0. 17% Native American, 1.18% Asian,0.02% Pacific Islander, and 0.39% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.33% of the population. The median income for a household in theTown was $61,054, and the median family income was $71,165. The per capita income for the town was $30,823. About 3.2% of families and 5.0% of people were below the poverty line, including 5.3% of those under age 18 and 6.6% ofThose age 65 or over. The city is located on the banks of the Little Snake River, which flows into the Mississippi River. The town's name is derived from the Native American tribe of the same name, which once lived in the area. It is also the name of the town's first post office, which was established in 1881. The current mayor is the son of a former mayor, who was killed in a car accident in the early 1900s. The mayor's daughter was born in the city in the late 1950s, and her father died in the 1970s. In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 67,843 people.

Broadcast television

These TV stations have studios in and broadcast from Mount Pleasant:WCBD-TV (2, NBC, CW): owned by Nexstar Media Group.WCIV- TV (4, ABC, MeTV): Owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. WCIV-TV is a member of the American College Football Hall of Fame. WCBD is an affiliate of the National Football League, which is based in Mount Pleasant.WCBD is part of the South Carolina Sports Network, which airs the NFL's "Monday Night Football" and "Thursday Night Fights" on the NBC network. WCVB-TV also airs the "NFL Today" show on the CBS network, which broadcasts on the NFL Network and the NBA's "Thursday night Football" channel on the NBA Network. The station also broadcasts the "NBA All-Star Game," which airs on the league's network, the NBA, and the MLB's "Sunday Night Baseball" channel. The network also airs "The NBA All-star Game," a game between the NBA and the NFL. The game airs at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday nights. The NBA Network airs the NBA Finals on the Monday night slot at 8:30 p. m. ET. It is the first time the NBA has aired the finals since the NBA moved to the NBA in 1988. The first game to be held at the new NBA arena was the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, in 1998. The Barclays Center opened in 2000. It was the first NBA arena in the United States.

Government

As of August 2021, the town council is made up of eight members. The council is composed of seven men and one woman. The mayor of Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, is also a member of the council. The town council was formed by a group of local residents. It is the first time the council has been made up entirely of men and women. The current council includes four men and two women, all of whom live in South Carolina. The city's mayor is a former mayor of Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, who was elected in 2008. He was re-elected in 2012. The next year, the council elected a new mayor, who is also from the town, to replace the previous mayor. The new mayor is also the son of a South Carolina woman, who moved to the town in the 1970s. The previous mayor was a South Carolinian, who had lived in the town for more than 30 years before moving to South Carolina in the 1980s. He has been in the city since 1978, when the town was founded, and has served as mayor since 2000. The Town Council was formed in 2008, and the current mayor is from the same town, which has a population of about 2,000 people. It was the first town to have a town council made up completely of men, rather than just women, as the previous one had been formed in the 1990s. In 2010, the Town Council elected a woman to be its first female member. The first woman to join the council was also a mother of three.

Public safety

The Mount Pleasant Fire Department has provided fire suppression and emergency services since 1837. Today, the fire department has 118 paid personnel augmented by 15 volunteers. It is internationally accredited by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI) The Mount Pleasant Police Department employs 132 sworn officers and 43 civilian personnel, serving the entire municipal population. Encompassing 52 square miles (135 km²), the department has split the town into eight patrol neighborhoods. Each patrol neighborhood is assigned to a specific officer on each shift. The police department, which is a nationally accredited agency, has adopted the problem-oriented policing philosophy of service delivery. In 2007, under the supervision of Chief Herb Williams and Captain Robert Wronski, the Mount Pleasant fire department established a "Paramedic Engine" program, in which firefighters trained as Paramedics will carry the same equipment on the fire engines as in the ambulances. This means in the event Charleston County EMS is delayed, Mount Pleasant will be able to provide life-saving procedures until the ambulance arrives. The fire department administrative office is located within the City Municipal Complex. The corporate area and its surroundings are served by seven strategically located fire stations. Mount Pleasant police response time to the majority of the calls for service beats the national average. The department is a 2006 CALEA Flagship Award recipient, and is sanctioned by the commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) The department has adopted a problem- oriented policing philosophy, which requires officers to work together with citizens to identify community problems.

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in Mount Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina = 38. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 50. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 51. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in Mount Pleasant = 5.1 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 34,740 individuals with a median age of 38.5 age the population grows by 34.74% in Mount Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 1,832.70 residents per square mile of area (707.60/km²). There are average 2.41 people per household in the 26,286 households with an average household income of $80,347 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 6.40% of the available work force and has dropped -4.00% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 25.60%. The number of physicians in Mount Pleasant per 100,000 population = 485.5.

Weather

The annual rainfall in Mount Pleasant = 47.5 inches and the annual snowfall = 0.1 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 104. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 211. 89 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 39.9 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 31, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in Mount Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina which are owned by the occupant = 70.79%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 14 years with median home cost = $296,410 and home appreciation of -0.96%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $5.51 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $5,554 per student. There are 10 students for each teacher in the school, 516 students for each Librarian and 362 students for each Counselor. 7.90% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 34.72% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 19.22% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).

Charleston was founded in 1670 as Charles Town, honoring King Charles II, at Albemarle Point on the west bank of the Ashley River. It became the fifth-largest city in North America within ten years. Charleston's significance in American history is tied to its role as a major slave trading port. In 2018, the city formally apologized for its role in the American slave trade after CNN noted that slavery "riddles the history" of Charleston. The city proper consists of six distinct districts. The present city has a total area of 127.5 sq mi (330.2 km²), of which 109.0 sq ft (282 km²) is land and 18.5sq ft (47.9 km) is covered by water. Charleston Harbor runs about 7 mi (11 km) southeast to the Atlantic with an average width of about 2 mi (3.2km) The city limits also have expanded across the Cooper River, encompassing Daniel Island and the Cainhoy area. The 2020 population of the Charleston metropolitan area, comprising Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties, was 799,636 residents, the third-largest in the state and the 74th-largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States. Charleston has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa), with hot humid summers and significant rainfall all year long. Summer is the wettest season, but freezing rain is only once per decade at the airport. Winter is short and mild, characterized by occasional snowstorms.

Geography

Charleston is the primary city name, but also Cainhoy, Daniel Island, Wando are acceptable city names or spellings. The official name is City of Charleston. Charleston has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa), with mild winters, hot humid summers, and significant rainfall all year long. Winter is short and mild, and is characterized by occasional rain. Measurable snow (0.1 in or 0.25 cm) has a median occurrence of only once per decade at the airport, but freezing rain is more common. The present city has a total area of 127.5 sq mi (330.2 km²), of which 109.0 sq mi is land and 18.9 km² is covered by water. The city proper consists of six distinct districts. The highest temperature recorded within city limits was 104 °F (40 °C) on June 2, 1985, and June 24, 1944. Hurricanes are a major threat to the area during the summer and early fall, with several severe hurricanes hitting the areamost notably Hurricane Hugo on September 21, 1989. The Charleston metropolitan area consists of three counties: Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the total population of the metropolitan area had a total of 799,991 (or 7.99 million people) The city is included within the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area and the smaller North-North-North urban area of Charleston, South Carolina, and Berkeley, SC, for statistical purposes. It is located in the Southeastern United States and is located on the Atlantic seaboard of South Carolina.

History

Charles Town was the first comprehensively planned town in the Thirteen Colonies. It suffered between five and eight major yellow fever outbreaks over the first half of the 18th century. The combination of a weak government and corruption made the city popular with pirates, who frequently visited and raided the city. Charles Town was fortified according to a plan developed in 1704 under Governor Nathaniel Johnson. It remained the southernmost point of the Southern Colonies until the Province of Georgia was established in 1732. As late as 1830, Charleston's Jewish community was the largest and wealthiest in North America. In the early 1700s, the largest slave trader, Joseph Wragg, pioneered the settlement's involvement in the slave trade. By 1719, the town's name began to be generally written as Charlestown and, excepting those fronting the Cooper River, the old walls were largely removed over the next decade. It is thought to have landed 40% of its slaves at Sullivan's Island off the coast of South Carolina in 1708. The majority of the city's population were Black Africans brought to the Atlantic by indentured servants and sold as slaves. The first white people of color migrated from the West Indies in the early 1800s, being sold into slavery to be sold into North America by their descendants. The city's name is now commemorated as Charles Towne Landing, but it was originally called Albemarle Point, a few miles northwest of the present-day city center. In 1670, Governor William Sayle arranged for several shiploads of settlers from Bermuda and Barbados to establish what was then called Charles Town.

Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 150,227 people, 58,902 households, and 31,780 families residing in the city. The traditional educated Charleston accent has long been noted in the state and throughout the South. The Anglican church was dominant in the colonial era, and the Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul is today the seat of the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina. Many French Huguenot refugees settled in Charleston in the early 18th century. The Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church is the oldest black congregation south of Baltimore, Maryland. Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim, founded in 1749 by Sephardic Jews from London, is the fourth-oldest Jewish congregation in the continental United States. The Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite, established in 1801, is considered the mother council of the world by Scottish Rite Freemasons. Despite beliefs that the term dates to the city's earliest days and refers to its religiously tolerant culture, the term was coined in the 20th century, likely as a mockery of Charlestonians' self-satisfied attitude about their city. Many Charleston natives ignore the 'r' and elongate the first vowel, pronouncing the name as "Chalston". The city's oldest Catholic parish, St Mary of the Annunciation Catholic Church, is the mother church of Catholicism in South Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. In 1820, Charleston was established as the see city of the diocese of Charleston, which at the time comprised the Carolinas and. Georgia.

Culture

Charleston's culture blends traditional Southern U.S., English, French, and West African elements. The downtown peninsula has a number of art, music, local cuisine, and fashion venues. Spoleto Festival USA, held annually in late spring, was founded in 1977 by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Gian Carlo Menotti. Charleston is known for its local seafood, which plays a key role in the city's renowned cuisine, comprising staple dishes such as gumbo, she-crab soup, fried oysters, Lowcountry boil, deviled crab cakes, red rice, and shrimp and grits. The Gullah community has had a tremendous influence on music in Charleston, especially when it comes to the early development of jazz music. The geechee dances that accompanied the music of the dock workers in Charleston followed a rhythm that inspired Eubie Blake's "Charleston Rag" and later James P. Johnson's 'Charleston', as well as the dance craze that defined a nation in the 1920s. "Ballin' the Jack", which was a popular dance in the years before "Charl Charleston", was written by native Charlestonian Chris Smith. The Dock Street Theatre, opened in the 1930s on the site of Charleston's first purpose-built theater building, is the largest theater building in South Carolina. Most of the theaters are part of the League of Theatres, better known as The Stage Company, which is the first professional theater company in the South. The Charleston Conference is a major library industry event, held in the City center since 1980.

Economy

The city has two shipping terminals, of a total of five terminals owned and operated by the South Carolina Ports Authority. The port is also used to transfer cars and car parts for Charleston's auto manufacturing business, such as Mercedes and Volvo. The city is becoming a popular location for high tech and innovation, and this sector has had the highest rate of growth between 2011 and 2012. In 2013, the Milken Institute ranked the Charleston region as the ninth-best performing economy in the US because of its growing IT sector. In June 2017, the mean sales price for a home in Charleston was $351,186 and the median price was $260,000. The average home price in the city is $250,000, and the average house price in Charleston is $1.2 million. It is the fourth-largest city on the East Coast and the seventh-largest container seaport in the United States. It has a population of 2.1 million, and a population growth rate of 0.7% in the last five years. The median home price is $251,000 and the mean house price is $1.3 million. In 2012, the city was ranked the ninth best in the U.S. for its IT sector, due in large part to the Charleston Digital Corridor, which is home to several high-tech companies including Blackbaud, Greystar Real Estate Partners, Evening Post Industries, BoomTown, CSS, and Benefitfocus.

Government

Charleston has a strong mayor-council government, with the mayor acting as the chief administrator and the executive officer of the municipality. The City of Charleston Police Department, with a total of 458 sworn officers, 117 civilians, and 27 reserve police officers, is South Carolina's largest police department. The city has several major hospitals located in the downtown area: Medical University of South Carolina Medical Center (MUSC), Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, and Roper Hospital. In 2020, the Coast Guard announced plans to construct a 2,800-acre (11 km²) "superbase" on the former Charleston Naval Shipyard complex to consolidate all its Charleston-area facilities and become the homeport for five Security cutters and additional offshore cutters. The U.S. Coast Guard Station Charleston responds to search and rescue emergencies, conducts maritime law enforcement activities, and Ports, Waterways, and Coastal Security (PWCS) missions, composed of federal law enforcement officers, boat crewmen, and coxswains who are capable of completing a wide range of missions. Charleston is the primary medical center for the eastern portion of the state. The downtown medical district is experiencing rapid growth of biotechnology and medical research industries coupled with substantial expansions of all the major hospitals. The current mayor, since 2016, is John Tecklenburg. The council has 12 members who are each elected from single-member districts. The Trident Regional Medical Center and East Cooper Regional Medical center also serve the needs of residents of the city of Charleston.

Crime

Since 1999, the overall crime rate of Charleston has declined markedly. The total crime index rate for Charleston in 1999 was 597.1 crimes committed per 100,000 people. In 2011, the total crimeIndex rate was 236.4 per 100, 000. The statistics shown are for the number of crimes committed each year. Charleston is ranked as one of the most dangerous cities in the U.S. by Morgan Quitno.

Transportation

Charleston is served by two daily Amtrak trains: The Palmetto and Silver Meteor at the Amtrak station located at 4565 Gaynor Avenue. The city is also served by a bus system, operated by the Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA) The Port of Charleston is one of the largest ports in the United States, with the sixth largest volume of containerized cargo volume in the U.S. British Airways does seasonal non-stop flights from Charleston to London-Heathrow as of April 2019. The Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge across the Cooper River opened on July 16, 2005, and was the longest cable-stayed bridge in the Americas at the time of its construction. It replaced the Grace Memorial Bridge (built in 1929) and the Silas N. Pearman Bridge (built in 1966). They were considered two of the more dangerous bridges in America and were demolished after the Ravenel Bridge opened. With an average tide of 6 feet, the depth of the harbor at low tide will become 60 feet and 58 feet, respectively, in 2018 and 2021. Charleston has the deepest water in the southeast region and handles ships too big to transit through the Panama Canal. It is regularly hosted by cruise ships, and the city is a passenger terminal to the Union Pier, which hosted a cruise ship cruise in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. The Charleston International Airport is located in the City of North Charleston and is about 12 mi (19 km) northwest of downtown Charleston.

Schools, colleges, and universities

Most of the city is served by the Charleston County School District. Independent schools include Porter-Gaud School (K-12) and Ashley Hall. The city is home to the College of Charleston, The Citadel, and The Military College of South Carolina. Charleston has the only college in the country that offers bachelor's degrees in the building arts, The American College of the Building Arts. It is also home to Roper Hospital School of Practical Nursing, and the city has a downtown satellite campus for the region's technical school, Trident Technical College. There are also private schools including the Charleston Southern University and Charleston School of Law. There is also a large number of parochial schools, including Blessed Sacrament School, Christ Our King School, Nativity School, and Divine Redeemer School, all of which are "feeder" schools into Bishop England High School, a diocesan high school within the city. The City of Charleston has one of the highest murder rates in South Carolina, with more than 20 murders per 100,000 residents in 2010. The highest murder rate in the state was in 2008, with 12.7 per cent, according to the South Carolina Department of Public Safety. The state has the highest homicide rate in North Carolina, at 18.2 per cent. The rate is the highest in the nation. The number of murders in the city in 2010 was 11.7. The murder rate was the highest for the state in 2010, with 10.8 per cent; the highest rate was in 2007.

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in Charleston, Berkeley County, South Carolina = 38. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 50. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 51. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in Charleston = 5.1 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 2,784 individuals with a median age of 36.3 age the population grows by 10.76% in Charleston, Berkeley County, South Carolina population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 1,305.97 residents per square mile of area (504.24/km²). There are average 2.17 people per household in the 46,649 households with an average household income of $44,499 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is of the available work force and has dropped -4.00% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 21.50%. The number of physicians in Charleston per 100,000 population = 485.5.

Weather

The annual rainfall in Charleston = 46 inches and the annual snowfall = 0.3 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 106. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 209. 88 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 42.1 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 31, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in Charleston, Berkeley County, South Carolina which are owned by the occupant = 47.07%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 31 years with median home cost = $286,410 and home appreciation of -11.96%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $5.51 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $5,554 per student. There are 10 students for each teacher in the school, 516 students for each Librarian and 362 students for each Counselor. 6.47% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 23.79% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 14.28% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).

As of the 2020 census, North Charleston had a population of 114,852, and the area is 76.6 square miles (198.5 km²) North Charleston is included within the CharlestonNorth CharlestonSummerville metropolitan area and the Charleston-North Charleston urban area. From the 17th century until the Civil War, plantations cultivated commodity crops, such as rice and indigo. The large plantations were subdivided into smaller farms in the late 19th century as the urban population moved northward to the large labor forces of enslaved African Americans. In the early 20th century, the section of North Charleston that became unincorporated became the section that later became the city of Charleston. The first strip mining industry started in this area in 1901. The area was designated by business and community leaders as a place for the development of industry, military sites and other business sites. In 1972, the city was rated as the ninth-largest city in South Carolina; it is now the third largest city in the state. The city is home to Charleston Southern University, which is located on part of the original plantation lands. It is also home to the National Museum of African American History and Culture, which was established in 1803. The museum is located at the former site of the French Botanical Garden, which opened in 1786 and was later moved to its current location on James Island in 1796. It was closed by André Michaux's son in1803. General William Moultrie, victor at the Battle of Sullivan's Island in1776 and governor from 178587 and 179294, was originally buried here. His remains were exhumed and reburied at Fort Moultie on Sullivan's island in 1977.

History

North Charleston is the primary city name, but also Charleston, N Charleston are acceptable city names or spellings, Chas, Chas Hgts, No Chas, Pinehaven on the other hand no longer accepted or obsolete and are no longer used as a designation. The official name is City of North Charleston. From the 17th century until the Civil War, plantations cultivated commodity crops, such as rice and indigo. The large plantations were subdivided into smaller farms in the late 19th century as the urban population began moving northward. The land from all three plantations was acquired by the federal government for development of the Charleston Naval Base and Charleston Naval Shipyard. In 1912, a group of businessmen from the city of Charleston bought the E.P. Burton Lumber Company and began to lay out an industrial area for further development. In 1901, Asbestos and Rubber Company (GARCO) built the world's largest asbestos mill under the roof in the English Style Garden. The first E.R. Burton plant was built in the early 1900s in what is now North Charleston, South Carolina. In the early 20th century, the section of Charleston County that later became North Charleston had been designated by Charleston and community leaders as a place for the development of industry, military and other business sites. Some of the plantations located in the area were: Archdale Hall, Camp, Elms, Windsor Hill, French Botanical Garden, Whitehall, Marshlands, Mons Repos, Tranquil Hill, Retreat Plantation and Whitehall Plantation. The area is now known as the City of North Charleston and is home to the University of South Carolina, which is located on part of the original plantation lands. The city is also home to Charleston Southern University, which was founded in the mid-20th century.

Geography

North Charleston is located near the Atlantic Ocean in the coastal plain just north of Charleston in South Carolina. According to the 2010 United States Census, the city has a total area of 76.6 square miles (198.5 km²) of which 73.2 square miles is land. The city is bordered by Charleston to the south, Hanahan to the north, Goose Creek to the northeast and Summerville to the northwest. The Ashley River forms a large part of the southwest border of the city, and the Cooper River forms the southeastern border. The Tri County region consists of Charleston, Berkeley, and Dorchester counties. As of 2012, it was estimated that the area had a total population of about 697,439 people. North Charleston is the second-largest city in the Tri County area and ranks as the third-largestCity in the South Carolina Tri County Area. Charleston is largest city in Tri County and the largest in the state, with Summerville as the second largest city. The area is also home to several unincorporated areas, including Dewees Island, Edisto Island, Johns Island, and Wadmalaw Island. The region is home to more than 6,000 businesses and more than 2,000 homes. The population of North Charleston as of the 2010 U.S. Census was 1,715,000. The state has a population of 697.4 million, making it the third largest state in the United States, after South Carolina and North Carolina.

Demographics

As of the 2010 U.S. census, there were 97,471 people, 35,316 households, and 23,271 families residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 37.90% non-Hispanic White, 46.69% Non-Hispanic African American, 1.92% Asian, 0.12% Pacific Islander, 0,90% from two or more races, and 10.89% Hispanic or Latino of any race. The city's population was spread out, with 27.9% under the age of 18, 13.4% from 18 to 24, 32.0% from 25 to 44, 17.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median income for a household in theCity was $36,719, and the median income. for a family was $34,621. The per capita income for the City was $20,361. About 19.9%. of families and 23.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 33.8% of those under age 18 and 13.0%. of those aged 65 or over. The City's population is expected to rise to 114,852 as of the 2020 United States census, which would be the largest city in the state at the time of the next census in 2026. It has a population density of 1,360.6 people per square mile (525.3/km²).

Government

The city is run by an elected Mayor-council government system, with the mayor acting as the chief administrator and the executive officer of the municipality. The mayor is elected at-large and the council members from ten single-member districts. The North Charleston Police Department was formed in 1972 with 19 officers and five support personnel. The first fire department founded in the area to become North Charleston was the St. Phillip's and St. Michael's Fire Department in 1935, made up of volunteers. The two departments were merged in 1996 as the North Charleston Fire Department. The city is served by both Charleston and Dorchester counties EMS and 911 services since the city is part of both counties. This ZIP code is incorrectly listed by U.S.P.S as serving the city of North Charleston. It only serves the cityof North Charleston and not the rest of the state of South Carolina, which is the largest city in the state. North Charleston is home to the South Carolina College of Arts and Sciences, which was founded in 1883. It is located in the eastern part of the city and has a campus of the College of Charleston, which opened in 1894. The campus is located on the campus of South Pointe, a historically African-American college. It was the first college to open in South Carolina in 1881. The college is now the home of the University of South Carolina and the College of South Cleveland. The University of Carolinas was founded in 1898 and is the state's oldest college.

Economy

North Charleston is one of only three places in the world for the manufacture and assembly of wide-body long-range commercial aircraft. Boeing has set up an East Coast facility in The City of North Charleston for manufacturing fuselage components, assembling, and flight testing Boeing 787 aircraft, ready for delivery to airlines. North Charleston had the highest rate of eviction filings and judgments of any American city with a population of 100,000 or more (in states where complete data was available) In 2005, it disbursed over $10 billion and purchased over $3 billion in foreign currency. As part of an initiative by the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide mail-order prescriptions to veterans using computerization, at strategic locations, North Charleston is also the location of a Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (CMOP) The city is home to the Global Financial Services Charleston (a section of the U.S. State Department), located at the old Naval Station. It is responsible overall for more than 200 bank accounts in over 160 countries and 169 different currencies. It also has a call center providing outsourced customer service, retention, and revenue recovery services to large and mid-sized companies. It has a port facility for tanker ships, serving the entire Tri-County Metro area Hess gas stations. The city has one of the highest rates of evictions of any city in the United States, with more than 1,000 people evicted in the last five years. It was also the site of the deadliest mass shooting in American history.

Crime

Since 1999, the overall crime rate of North Charleston has begun to decline. The total violent crime index rate for North Charleston for 1999 was 1043.5 crimes committed per 100,000 people. The 2010 Congressional Quarterly Press list of America's 400 most dangerous cities placed North Charleston at No. 63. The homicide rate alone decreased by 61%, and the lower crime rate removed North Charleston from the company of such cities as Detroit and St. Louis. City officials attributed the drop to the hard work of the North Charleston Police Department and the cooperation of city residents through "community policing" programs. North Charleston ranked as the 126th most dangerous American city larger than 75,000 inhabitants. However, the entire Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area had a lower Overall crime rate ranking at #35. The city's crime rate for calendar year 2012 in six crimes that Morgan Quitno uses for their calculation for "America's most dangerous city" ranking, in comparison to the national average, was 489.4 per 100, 000 for the year of 2012, versus a national average of 296.0 per100,000. The U.S. average crime rate in 2012 was 729.6 per 100.000 people, with the United States average at 727.6. The crime rate is based on a crime rate based on the number of crimes committed each year. The statistics provided are for a crime rates based on an average of six crimes committed in North Charleston each year, for a total of 489 crimes committed.

Transportation

Charleston International Airport and the Charleston Air Force Base provide commercial and military air service for the region. The South Carolina State Ports Authority has six intermodal facilities, three of which are located in North Charleston. A next-generation harbor deepening project is currently underway to dredge the Port of Charleston's entrance channel to 54 feet and harbor channel to 52 feet at mean low tide. North Charleston is served by a bus system, operated by the Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA) The North Charleston Intermodal Transportation Center will consolidate a new train station, long haul, and CARTA at one location. The airport currently serves more than 2.9 million passengers annually. Commercial airlines include Alaska Airlines, Allegiant Air, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines, and United Airlines. The city is home to many motor carriers, with routes throughout the US. The port terminals can accommodate more than 17 vessels at a time, and the portyard is the largest commercial facility on the East Coast, with three dry docks, one floating dock, and six piers. The railroads provide passenger and freight rail service in the city, with Amtrak, Norfolk Southern, the CSX System and the South Carolina Railroad Commission providing service to North Charleston and the Tri-County metropolitan area. The majority of the city is served. by regional fixed route buses which are also equipped with bike racks as part of the system's Rack & Ride program. It is also home to a different bus system which is operated by Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Rural Transportation Management Association.

Hospitals

The Trident Regional Medical Center is the major hospital located in North Charleston. The Medical University of South Carolina, Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Bon Secours-St Francis Xavier Hospital and Roper Hospital are other local hospitals. The East Cooper Regional Medical center, located in Mount Pleasant, is another local hospital serving North Charleston residents. There are several other hospitals located throughout the area serving city residents, including the Medical. University of S.C., Bon Secour's-St. Francis Xavier, and the East Cooper Medical Center. There is also a hospital in South Carolina's largest city, Charleston, that is located in the city's downtown area. The city's main airport is the World Trade Center, which is one of the busiest in the United States, with more than 1,000 flights a day. It is also the largest airport in the state, serving more than 100,000 passengers a year. The state's main port is Charleston, which has a population of more than 2,000, and is the state's second largest airport, with about 1,100,000 people. The South Carolina Turnpike, which runs from Charleston to Myrtle Beach, is the only major highway through the city. It was built in the early 1900s and was the first rail line to connect the state to the rest of the South Carolina mainland. The Charleston area is home to several major cities, including Raleigh, Charleston and South Carolina. It also has a number of smaller towns, such as Mount Pleasant and Beaufort.

Culture

The H.L. Hunley Museum is located at the old Naval Base in North Charleston. The South Carolina Stingrays are the first professional ice hockey team established in South Carolina. The North Charleston Performing Arts Center seats up to 2,341 and hosts major Broadway shows as well as national and world-renowned musical and theatrical performers. The Park Circle Film Society is a nonprofit art house theater that holds over 70 screenings of independent and documentary films each year. It holds the annual Lowcountry Indie Shorts Festival, South Carolina's festival dedicated to short film. The Charleston Area Convention Center has attracted millions of guests and visitors to North Charleston and contributed significantly to the local and regional economy. The City of North Charleston owns and manages the North Charleston Coliseum, the Per performing Arts Center, the Convention Center, and the Embassy Suites hotel. It is the largest entertainment and cultural complex in the state of South Carolina, with 13,295 seats. It also hosts many special events, concerts, and local graduations. The coliseum is home to the South Carolina stingrays hockey team of the ECHL. The Stingrays have been affiliated with the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League since 2012, following the end of an eight-year affiliation with the Washington Capitals. The museum includes the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10), destroyer USS Laffey (DD-724), submarine USS Clamagore (SS-343), Cold War Submarine Memorial (SSBN and SSN), Vietnam Support Base and Experience Exhibit, and Medal of Honor Museum.

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in North Charleston, Berkeley County, South Carolina = 38. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 50. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 51. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in North Charleston = 5.1 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 114,852 individuals with a median age of 32.4 age the population grows by 10.61% in North Charleston, Berkeley County, South Carolina population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 1,479.50 residents per square mile of area (571.24/km²). There are average 2.41 people per household in the 34,207 households with an average household income of $34,698 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is of the available work force and has dropped -4.00% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 19.00%. The number of physicians in North Charleston per 100,000 population = 485.5.

Weather

The annual rainfall in North Charleston = 50.3 inches and the annual snowfall = 0.5 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 111. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 208. 90 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 39.2 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 31, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in North Charleston, Berkeley County, South Carolina which are owned by the occupant = 40.57%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 30 years with median home cost = $128,010 and home appreciation of -7.55%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $5.51 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

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The local school district spends $5,554 per student. There are 10 students for each teacher in the school, 516 students for each Librarian and 362 students for each Counselor. 6.38% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 10.19% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 4.18% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).