Mount Pleasant (South Carolina)

Charleston County

45-48535

Mount Pleasant is a city in Charleston County in the U.S. state of South Carolina, north of Charleston, from which it is separated by the Cooper River. 2010 Mount Pleasant had 67 843 inhabitants.

Noteworthy

The Pop, R & B and dance singer Melanie Thornton grew up in Mount Pleasant. She died on the return flight from a concert in Leipzig, in the crash of Crossair flight 3597 on 24 November 2001 in Switzerland. She was buried in Mount Pleasant Memorial Garden.

Geography

From the urban area of 128.3 km ² are 108.5 km ² of land and 19.8 km ² ( 15.44 %) water.

Demography

According to the 2010 U.S. Census, lived in Mount Pleasant 67 843 people in 19,025 households. The population density was 625.3 inhabitants per km ². 90.17 % of residents were White, 7.25% African American, 0.17 % Native American, 1.18 % Asian, 0.02 % Hawaiian, 0.39% belonged to another race, and 0.82 % reported 2 or more races to. Latinos represented 1.33% of the population.