Florence is a medium-sized city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 40,072 people and 24 associated neighborhoods, Florence is the tenth largest community in South Carolina.Florence is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Florence is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Florence who work in office and administrative support (11.21%), sales jobs (9.73%), and healthcare (9.09%). Also of interest is that Florence has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Florence telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.29% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In terms of college education, Florence is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.01% of adults in Florence have a college degree. The per capita income in Florence in 2022 was $33,867, which is upper middle income relative to South Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $135,468 for a family of four. However, Florence contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Florence is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Florence home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Florence residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Florence include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Florence is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
