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Florence County, SC

137,214 Population
800.5 square miles 171.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 40.5 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$30,702 ±$2,338 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $38,097 ±$443
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$54,014 ±$6,663 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $67,804 ±$1,049
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

19.2% ±3.3% (25,828  ±4,478) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Carolina: 13.9% 726,799 (±0.5% / ±24,733)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

22.9 minutes ±0.9 (1,246,100  ±58,489) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

53,651 ±1,630 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,177,733 ±10,033
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0.1 (133,951  ±86) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,234,462
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

6.5% ±3.2% (2,111  ±1,029) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 67,375 (±0.4% / ±4,960)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

62,685 ±54 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,490,327 ±211
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$173,200 ±$17,383 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $272,900 ±$2,295
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9.3% ±2.4% (12,668  ±3,293.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 12.4% 661,235 (±0.4% / ±23,384.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

87.2% ±5.1% (81,070  ±4,800.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 90.2% 3,378,472 (±0.9% / ±33,037.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
23.5% ±2.8% (21,893  ±2,617.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 32.9% 1,232,848 (±0.5% / ±19,277.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.9% (3,951  ±1,149) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 5.9% 316,438
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.8% ±1.3% (7,177  ±1,397) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.4% 349,871 (±0.3% / ±11,007)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
7,177 Total veterans ±1,397 6,335 Male ±1,233 842 Female ±550

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