{"id":130592,"date":"2024-07-10T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=130592"},"modified":"2024-07-10T17:25:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T21:25:22","slug":"local-paper-south-carolina-expects-another-million-residents-by-2042","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=130592","title":{"rendered":"(Local Paper) South Carolina expects another million residents by 2042"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Carolina will grow to nearly 6.4 million residents by 2042 \u2014 if&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/rfa.sc.gov\/data-research\/population-demographics\/census-state-data-center\/estimates-projections-dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the state\u2019s latest projections<\/a>&nbsp;prove accurate \u2014 and just a handful of counties will account for most of the population growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Five counties could see their populations soar by 49 percent or more from 2024 to 2042, a pace of growth likely to strain roads, schools and public services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Horry County tops the list with an expected gain of 216,662 more residents, which means a 53 percent population increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postandcourier.com\/news\/south-carolina-population-projections-rapid-growth\/article_b512f824-28e8-11ef-b235-6f0ea20bbb42.html\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">South Carolina &#8211; the fastest-growing state in the nation last year &#8211; expects another million people by 2042.<br>Just a handful of counties could see most of that growth, straining roads, schools and public services.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3jRyWJuCJt\">https:\/\/t.co\/3jRyWJuCJt<\/a><\/p>&mdash; David Slade &#x1f5de; (@DSladeNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DSladeNews\/status\/1811091399640588532?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 10, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Carolina will grow to nearly 6.4 million residents by 2042 \u2014 if&nbsp;the state\u2019s latest projections&nbsp;prove accurate \u2014 and just a handful of counties will account for most of the population growth. Five counties could see their populations soar by<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=130592\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-south-carolina"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=130592"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130594,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130592\/revisions\/130594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=130592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=130592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=130592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}