View source for Litchfield Beach, South Carolina

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Litchfield Beach, South Carolina
|settlement_type          = [[Census-designated place]]
|nickname                 = Litchfield
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|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[South Carolina]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in South Carolina|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Georgetown County, South Carolina|Georgetown]]
|established_title        = Developed
|established_date         = 1960
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|area_total_km2           = 30.29
|area_total_sq_mi         = 11.69
|area_land_km2            = 29.07
|area_land_sq_mi          = 11.23
|area_water_km2           = 1.21
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.47
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
|population_total         = 8370
|population_density_km2   = 287.88
|population_density_sq_mi = 745.59
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|timezone                 = [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern]]
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|postal_code              = 29585<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/29585|title=Litchfield Beach ZIP Code|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2023|access-date=January 12, 2023}}</ref>
|area_code                = 843
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|blank_info               = 45-41830
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'''Litchfield Beach''', also known simply as '''Litchfield''',  is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[South Carolina]], United States.<ref>{{cite gnis|1232382|Litchfield Beach, South Carolina}}</ref> It was first listed as a CDP in the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]] with a population of 8,370.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Litchfield Beach CDP, South Carolina|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US4541830|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 7, 2022}}</ref>
It lies three miles north of [[Pawleys Island, South Carolina|Pawleys Island]], on the South Carolina [[Grand Strand]]. The communities Litchfield-By-The-Sea and North Litchfield are within Litchfield Beach.
The community takes its name from [[Litchfield Plantation]], a rice plantation founded early in the 18th century. It initially started in the 1950s as Retreat Beach. Modern development of the community began in the 1960s.<ref>[http://www.discoversouthcarolina.com/see-do/beaches/grand_strand/litchfield_beach.aspx Official South Carolina beaches website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613000938/http://www.discoversouthcarolina.com/see-do/beaches/grand_strand/litchfield_beach.aspx |date=2011-06-13 }}</ref>
==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 2020 = 8,370
| align-fn = center
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:45&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 15, 2022}}</ref>
}}
===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Litchfield Beach CDP, South Carolina – Demographic Profile'''<br> (''NH = Non-Hispanic'')
!Race / Ethnicity
!Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Litchfield Beach CDP, South Carolina|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US4541830&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|7,094
|84.76%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|753
|9.00%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|17
|0.20%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|34
|0.41%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|10
|0.12%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|23
|0.27%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|198
|2.37%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|241
|2.88%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''8,370'''
|'''100.00%'''
|}
''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.''
== References ==
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{{Grand Strand}}
{{Georgetown County, South Carolina}}
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[[Category:Georgetown County, South Carolina]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in South Carolina]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Georgetown County, South Carolina]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in South Carolina]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Georgetown County, South Carolina]]
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