Florence County, South Carolina Demographics

Florence County is 45th out of 3,143 other counties in Female residents

Florence County is 2nd in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Female residents

Florence County is 4th in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Florence County is 7th in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Florence County is 8th in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Florence County is 8th in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Retail sales

Florence County is 9th in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Florence County is 10th in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Florence County is 10th in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Size in square miles

Florence County is 11th in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Race - Asian

Florence County is 11th in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Size Demographics
	Florence County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Current population (2012)	137,948	13th	4,723,723	313,914,040
Size in square miles	800.0	10th	30,060.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	171.1	12th	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Florence County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Residents younger than 5	6.6%	12th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.3%	7th	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.0%	37th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Florence County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	81.6%	16th	83.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	20.5%	14th	24.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Florence County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Race - White	55.2%	30th	68.4%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	41.9%	18th	28.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	26th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.3%	11th	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	32nd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.1%	36th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	35th	5.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	53.5%	29th	64.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Florence County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Female residents	53.1%	2nd	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.7%	23rd	4.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Florence County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Housing units	59,227	12th	2,157,033	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	15.6%	11th	17.6%	25.9%
Households	51,508	12th	1,758,732	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	66.1%	41st	69.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$110,200	18th	$137,000	$186,200
People per household	2.6	24th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	238	15th	18,708	829,658

Income Demographics
	Florence County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Income per capita	$22,198	17th	$23,854	$27,915
Income per household	$41,325	19th	$44,587	$52,762
Income below poverty line	19.4%	24th	17.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Florence County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Non-farm private establishments	3,105	10th	100,481	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	54,280	8th	1,521,123	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	10,444	12th	360,397	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,237,935	8th	$54,298,410	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$16,919	4th	$12,273	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$250,032	9th	$8,383,463	$613,795,732