Florence, South Carolina

Florence population, 2020 to 2024

Florence added 827 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +248. Among 66 South Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 44th; the median place changed by +4.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in South Carolina has 14,078 people, so Florence is 2.9 times that size.

Florence covers 24.82 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 1,649 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Florence is denser than the typical town.

What county Florence is in

All of Florence's residents live in Florence County, which had 138,049 residents in 2024. Florence holds 29.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Florence

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Florence by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 29501, 29505, 29506. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Florence is

The Census internal point of Florence is at 34.178900, -79.792200. Columbia, the capital, is 72.2 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sumter, SC (42,958 people), 38.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbia, SC, 64.4 miles away.

Daylight in Florence

At 34.18° N, Florence gets about 14 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Florence

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Timmonsville, 9.1 miles away, with 2,117 people.