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Florence County, SC

136,504 Population
800.5 square miles 170.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±0.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$28,882 ±$1,777 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $33,339 ±$443
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$51,860 ±$5,257 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $59,318 ±$852
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

18.8% ±3% (25,189  ±4,010) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 14.7% 741,652 (±0.5% / ±25,957)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

22.9 minutes ±0.7 (1,322,220  ±50,191) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2020 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.1 54,667,810 (±0.2 / ±409,586)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

51,484 ±1,567 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,049,972 ±10,471
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.6 ±0.1 (133,965  ±720) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,069,111 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

4.9% ±2.7% (1,599  ±877) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 5.1% 60,830 (±0.4% / ±4,659)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

61,482 ±275 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,395,957 ±268
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$150,600 ±$12,232 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $213,500 ±$2,166
  • about half the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

12.7% ±3.2% (17,213  ±4,254.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 13.6% 697,942 (±0.5% / ±23,585.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

88.1% ±5% (81,561  ±4,588.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,224,401 (±0.9% / ±31,886.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
23% ±2.7% (21,257  ±2,459.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 31.5% 1,134,636 (±0.5% / ±17,987.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2020 5-year data

1.8% ±0.5% (2,500  ±674) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in South Carolina: 5.2% 271,280 (±0.2% / ±10,236)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

6.5% ±1.2% (6,708  ±1,212) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 8.7% 353,056 (±0.3% / ±10,267)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
6,708 Total veterans ±1,212 6,446 Male ±1,200 262 Female ±217

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