Editing Little River, South Carolina

{{For|the streams named Little River in South Carolina|Little River (South Carolina)}}
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'''Little River''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Horry County, South Carolina|Horry County]], [[South Carolina]], [[United States]]. The population was 11,711 at the 2020 census.

Little River is named for the [[Little River (Horry County, South Carolina)|Little River]], which flows into the [[Atlantic Ocean]] at the state line between [[North Carolina]] and [[South Carolina]]. The Little River inlet has long been a breakpoint for [[Tropical cyclone warnings and watches|tropical cyclone warnings]].

==Geography==
Little River is located at {{coord|33|52|18|N|78|37|40|W|type:city}} (33.871629, -78.627733).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=April 23, 2011 |date=February 12, 2011 |title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of 10.8&nbsp;square miles (28.0&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), of which 10.5&nbsp;square miles (27.1&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 0.4&nbsp;square mile (0.9&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) (3.33%) is water.
The area is mainly made up of housing developments, old scrub pine forests, marshes and swamps and is bordered by the Waccamaw River and the [[Intracoastal Waterway|Atlantic Intracoastal waterway]]. Live oaks, Spanish moss, crepe myrtle trees and palm trees dot the landscape.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 2000 = 7027
| 2010 = 8960
| 2020 = 11711
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web |url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html |title=Census of Population and Housing |publisher=Census.gov |accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Little River racial composition<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4542010&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=December 15, 2021 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|9,873
|84.31%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|669
|5.71%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|62
|0.53%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|116
|0.99%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|15
|0.13%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|470
|4.01%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|506
|4.32%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 11,711 people, 4,885 households, and 2,633 families residing in the CDP.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 7,027 people, 3,287 households, and 2,225 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|671.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 4,715 housing units at an average density of {{convert|450.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 91.40% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 6.80% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.43% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.28% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.04% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.34% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.70% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]], of any race, were 1.02% of the population.

There were 3,287 households, out of which 18.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.3% were non-families. 26.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.14 and the average family size was 2.53.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 15.7% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 24.2% from 25 to 44, 31.9% from 45 to 64, and 23.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 49 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.8 males.{{clarify|date=June 2013}}

The median income for a household in the CDP was $40,427, and the median income for a family was $45,243. Males had a median income of $36,086 versus $22,348 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $22,733. About 4.7% of families and 7.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 15.3% of those under age 18 and 1.7% of those age 65 or over.

==Arts and culture==
The community is host to an annual [[Callinectes sapidus|Blue Crab]] Festival each May.

During the 21 years that South Carolina had legalized [[video poker]], Little River's location near the North Carolina state line made the community a major center for the activity. In 1996, local churches began protesting legalized gambling in what had become Little [[Reno]], and the state outlawed the games in 2000. Two years before the video poker ban, [[casino]] [[boat]]s began operating and continue to do so in [[federal waters]] because the state has not specifically banned them. Little River has the state's only casino boat, The Big M Casino.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thesunnews.com/2010/07/18/1589706/poker-debate-lives-on.html |title=Video poker debate lives on; Little River once dubbed Little Reno |last=Wilson |first=Zane |work=[[The Sun News]] |date=July 18, 2010 |access-date=July 18, 2010}}</ref>

==Major highways==
* [[Image:US 17.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 17 in South Carolina|US 17]]
* [[Image:South Carolina 9.svg|25px]] [[South Carolina Highway 9|SC 9]]
* [[Image:South Carolina 31.svg|25px]] [[South Carolina Highway 31|SC 31]]
* [[Image:South Carolina 90.svg|25px]] [[South Carolina Highway 90|SC 90]]
* [[Image:South Carolina 179.svg|25px]] [[South Carolina Highway 179|SC 179]]

==Education==
Little River has a [[public library]], a branch of the Horry County Memorial Library.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.greenvillelibrary.org/locations-and-hours |title=Locations & Hours |publisher=Greenville County Library System |access-date=June 8, 2019}}</ref>

== Wildlife ==
Little River common natural wildlife includes bobcats, lizards (geckos and anoles), amphibians (flatwoods salamander and Carolina gopher frog), non-lizard reptiles (water snakes, yellow-bellied turtles and alligators), wading birds and mammals (black bear and bobcat).<ref>{{Cite web |title=SCDNR - Wetlands |url=https://www.dnr.sc.gov/wildlife/wetlands/wetlandsmaps.html |access-date=August 15, 2023 |website=www.dnr.sc.gov}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category}}
* [http://www.littleriverchamber.org Little River Chamber of Commerce]
* [http://www.littleriversc.com Little River]
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[[Category:Census-designated places in Horry County, South Carolina]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in South Carolina]]
[[Category:Populated coastal places in South Carolina]]