Florence County, South Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 67,339 49.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,591 3.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 58,849 42.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 2,230 1.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 3,390 2.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 143 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 20 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 555 0.4%

• Under 18 32,288 23.5%
• 18–24 11,952 8.7%
• 25–44 33,904 24.7%
• 45–64 34,166 24.9%
• 65 and over 24,807 18.1%

Median household income

$61,320

90% interval $56,865–$65,775

−$11,187 vs SC · 23rd of 46

Below poverty line

17.5%

90% interval 14.9%–20.1%

+4.2 pp vs SC · 15th of 46

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.0%

+0.25 pp vs. state

County GDP

$10.0B

2.8% of state

Avg. annual pay

$55,863

Establishments

3,717

• Education & health services 21,208 30.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 14,806 21.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 8,083 11.6%
• Manufacturing 7,925 11.4%
• Professional & business services 7,777 11.2%
• Public administration 3,319 4.8%
• Financial activities 2,289 3.3%
• Other services 8 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 93.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

64.5%

−7.4 pp vs SC · 41st of 46

Median gross rent

$954

−$226 vs SC · 20th of 46

Owner-occupied

34,092

Renter-occupied

18,764

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $79,241/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,252/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 19 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Republican 32,615 53.3%
• Democratic 27,706 45.3%
• Other / third-party 819 1.3%

• Spanish 3,394 2.6%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 292 0.2%
• Chinese 267 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 206 0.2%
• Korean 205 0.2%
• Tagalog 135 0.1%
• Vietnamese 96 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 59 0.0%
• Arabic 23 0.0%

Households

52,856

Family households

33,703

63.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

8,045

23.9% of families

Single-mother families

4,375

13.0% of families

Veterans

7,525

7.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 40,054 29.2%
• Black Protestant 11,636 8.5%
• Mainline Protestant 9,564 7.0%
• Catholic 5,443 4.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,404 3.2%
• Orthodox 200 0.1%

Health insured

90.7%

±0.8 pp

Uninsured

9.3%

±0.8 pp

28th of 46

With a disability

14.3%

±0.8 pp

34th of 46

Bachelor's or higher

24.4%

±1.4 pp

−7.7 pp vs SC · 20th of 46

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.1%

90% interval 9.1%–11.1% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

12th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

3 (Resident Circuit Court judgeships authorized for this circuit by S.C. Code Ann. 14-5-610, as amended by 2026 Act No. 154. Authorized seats, not seated judges; South Carolina also elects at-large circuit judges statewide who are not counted in any circuit.)

Court seats

Florence, Marion

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

28

26.71 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

28