Myrtle Beach metropolitan area

The Myrtle Beach metropolitan area (officially the Myrtle Beach–Conway–North Myrtle Beach, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area) is a census-designated metropolitan statistical area (MSA) consisting of Horry County in South Carolina. The wider Myrtle Beach combined statistical area (CSA), a trading area, includes adjacent Georgetown County, South Carolina.

Country United States

Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)

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Myrtle Beach Metropolitan Area
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Myrtle Beach–Conway–North Myrtle Beach, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area
Myrtle Beach shoreline
Interactive Map of Myrtle Beach–Conway, SC CSA   City of Myrtle Beach   Myrtle Beach–Conway–N. Myrtle Beach MSA   Georgetown µSA
Country	United States
State	South Carolina
Largest city	Myrtle Beach
Other cities	- Conway  - North Myrtle Beach  - Loris  - Georgetown
Area
• Total	1,947 sq mi (5,042 km2)
Population  (2024)[1]
• Total	479,426
• Rank	135th in the U.S.
GDP [2]
• Total	$25.132 billion (2022)
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)

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From 2013 to 2023, Brunswick County, North Carolina was also a component of the Myrtle Beach MSA. In 2023, however, the Office of Management and Budget redefined the statistical area and moved Brunswick County to the Wilmington, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.^[3][4] The Myrtle Beach MSA's principal cities, ordered by population, are Myrtle Beach, Conway, and North Myrtle Beach in South Carolina. The Myrtle Beach CSA includes the city of Georgetown, South Carolina.