The
Myrtle Beach metropolitan area (also
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach MSA) is a
census-designated metropolitan area consisting of
Horry County and
Georgetown County in
South Carolina and
Brunswick County in
North Carolina. The region's primary cities, in order by population are
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina;
Conway, South Carolina;
Leland, North Carolina;
North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and
Georgetown, South Carolina. Another primary city is
Oak Island, North Carolina and though the permanent population is only 6,783 as of the 2010 census, the population jumps up to about 50,000 during the summer time.