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Florence County, SC

136,721 Population
800.5 square miles 170.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 40.5 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$31,226 ±$4,215 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $36,675 ±$444
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$49,527 ±$6,108 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $64,115 ±$699
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

21.2% ±3.2% (28,364  ±4,215) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 14% 717,348 (±0.4% / ±22,151)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

22.7 minutes ±0.8 (1,262,790  ±55,311) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.3 54,119,448 (±0.2 / ±415,561)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,757,208,800 (±0.1 / ±8,102,155)

Families

53,185 ±1,875 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,136,080 ±11,784
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.5 ±0.1 (133,423  ±66) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 † 5,143,331 (±260.1 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

4.5% ±2% (1,463  ±650) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.3% 63,426 (±0.4% / ±4,968)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

62,119 ±31 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,446,680 ±237
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$173,300 ±$13,397 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $254,600 ±$2,799
  • about half the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

10.4% ±2.6% (14,026  ±3,472.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 13.5% 703,333 (±0.5% / ±24,095.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

87.4% ±5.1% (80,629  ±4,752.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 90.5% 3,315,918 (±0.8% / ±30,951.9)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±272,504.5)
25% ±2.7% (23,038  ±2,470.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 32.6% 1,194,503 (±0.5% / ±18,642)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±175,321.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

2.4% ±9,861.3% (3,318  ±1,434) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 5.2% † 273,375 (±544.2% / ±10,013)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

9.3% ±1.6% (9,667  ±1,640) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 8.4% 344,664 (±0.2% / ±9,222)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
9,667 Total veterans ±1,640 8,867 Male ±1,516 800 Female ±445

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