2022 population: 383,101 ( 113,810 from 2010 , 32,073 from 2020)
Land area: 1133.3 square miles
Population density: 338.0 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	297,597	77.68%	43.0%
Black:	45,441	11.86%	27.1%
Indian:	1,487	0.39%	38.3%
Asian:	5,911	1.54%	96.6%
2+ races:	7,773	2.03%	81.5%
Hispanic:	24,892	6.50%	49.2%

Total non-White:	85,504	22.32%	39.7%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	7,116	10.1
Deaths:	11,386	16.2
Net Migration:	35,532	50.6
Net Immigration:	943	1.3

Change in White population:	89,501	33.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	24,309	9.0

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
269,291
208,096	77.28%
35,753	13.28%
1,075	0.40%
3,006	1.12%
4,283	1.59%
16,683	6.20%
61,195	22.72%

2000
196,629
157,040	79.87%
30,206	15.36%
742	0.38%
1,561	0.79%
1,834	0.93%
5,057	2.57%
39,589	20.13%

1990
144,053
116,557	80.91%
25,095	17.42%
411	0.29%
903	0.63%
n/a
1,087	0.75%
27,496	19.09%

1980
101,419
77,542	76.46%
21,981	21.67%
128	0.13%
421	0.42%
n/a
1,247	1.23%
23,877	23.54%

1970
69,992
52,259	74.66%
17,328	24.76%
36	0.05%
61	0.09%
n/a
283	0.40%
17,733	25.34%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
27,141	13.8
19,857	10.1
56,087	28.5
4,389	2.2

51,056	26.0
21,606	11.0

Number	Rate
1990's
21,308	14.8
14,817	10.3
29,555	20.5
1,059	0.7

40,483	28.1
12,093	8.4

Number	Rate
1980's
20,091	19.8
9,495	9.4
32,984	32.5
n/a

39,015	38.5
3,619	3.6

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
20,853	29.8
n/a

25,283	36.1
6,144	8.8

Age, Family & Household Data for Horry County, SC

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
47.6
61,659	16.1%
321,442	83.9%
89,825	23.4%

142,383
2.46

91,596	64.3%
69,350	75.7%
8,343	9.1%
50,787	35.7%

2010
Number	Percent
41.1
54,242	20.1%
215,049	79.9%
46,070	17.1%

112,225
2.37

72,254	64.4%
53,025	73.4%
7,553	10.5%
39,971	35.6%

2000
Number	Percent
38.6
41,932	21.3%
154,697	78.7%
29,539	15.0%

81,785
2.37

54,777	67.0%
42,601	77.8%
5,220	9.5%
27,008	33.0%

1990
Number	Percent
33.9
34,197	23.7%
109,856	76.3%
18,262	12.7%

55,665
2.52

40,552	72.9%
32,752	80.8%
3,529	8.7%
15,113	27.1%

1980
Number	Percent
28.8
30,696	30.3%
70,723	69.7%
9,408	9.3%

34,870
2.87

27,825	79.8%
23,182	83.3%
2,272	8.2%
7,045	20.2%

2022 Housing Data for Horry County, SC

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	7,395	5.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	5,210	3.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	4,984	3.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	6,638	4.7%
$25,000 to $29,999	7,210	5.1%
$30,000 to $34,999	7,154	5.0%
$35,000 to $39,999	7,101	5.0%
$40,000 to $44,999	6,416	4.5%
$45,000 to $49,999	6,858	4.8%
$50,000 to $59,999	12,361	8.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	16,080	11.3%
$75,000 to $99,999	19,438	13.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	12,487	8.8%
$125,000 to $149,999	7,963	5.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	7,598	5.3%
$200,000 or more	7,490	5.3%

Median Household Income	59,880
Per Capita Income	34,147

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	100
Compared to U.S.	85

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	7,338	5.2%
Public Assistance	1,415	1.0%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	11,892	8.4%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	132,354	66.6%
Unemployed	8,088	4.1%
In Armed Forces	116	0.1%

Total Labor Force	140,558	70.8%
Not in Labor Force	58,078	29.2%

Real Unemployment Rate		33.3%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	57,431	52,450	52.3%
Non-Profit	2,061	4,715	30.4%
Self-Employed	12,361	7,402	62.5%

Local Government	3,867	5,411	41.7%
State Government	2,266	4,787	32.1%
Federal Government	1,095	683	61.6%

Total Private + Self	69,792	59,852	53.8%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	9,289	15,596	37.3%
Total	79,081	75,448	51.2%

Pct. Govt.	11.7%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	21,085	13.6%
Sales and Office Occupations	39,099	25.3%
Professional, Technical	27,849	18.0%
Service Occupations	35,714	23.1%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	238	0.2%
All others	30,981	20.0%

White Collar		56.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Accommodation and food services	23,319	15.1%
Retail trade	22,762	14.7%
Health care and social assistance	17,331	11.2%
Construction	14,389	9.3%
Educational services	11,906	7.7%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	8,957	5.8%
Professional, scientific, technical	8,053	5.2%
Other services	8,011	5.2%
Manufacturing	6,488	4.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	5,720	3.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	5,570	3.6%
Finance and insurance	5,401	3.5%
Public administration	4,735	3.1%
Transportation and warehousing	4,599	3.0%
Wholesale trade	2,700	1.7%
Information	2,388	1.5%
Utilities	1,714	1.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	479	0.3%
Management	168	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	38	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	11,779	3.30%
Puerto Rican	2,130	0.60%
Cuban	446	0.13%
Dominican	494	0.14%

Total Central American	2,971	0.83%
Costa Rican	321	0.09%
Guatemalan	1,205	0.34%
Honduran	1,010	0.28%
Nicaraguan	33	0.01%
Panamanian	131	0.04%
Salvadoran	271	0.08%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	1,509	0.42%
Argentinean	49	0.01%
Bolivian	6	0.00%
Chilean	114	0.03%
Colombian	598	0.17%
Ecuadorian	500	0.14%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	49	0.01%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	193	0.05%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	3,021	0.85%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Vietnamese	1,359	0.38%
Filipino	693	0.19%
Indian	690	0.19%
Chinese	684	0.19%
Korean	242	0.07%
Japanese	200	0.06%
Thai	56	0.02%
Taiwanese	16	0.00%
Indonesian	13	0.00%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	314,297	92.1%
Spanish	16,829	4.9%
Other Indo-European	2,763	0.8%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	1,723	0.5%
Other	1,041	0.3%
Vietnamese	884	0.3%
German, other Germanic	871	0.3%
Other Asian	688	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	665	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	48,126	13.5%
German	42,186	11.8%
Irish	41,740	11.7%
American	31,880	8.9%
Italian	25,074	7.0%
European	17,894	5.0%
Polish	9,327	2.6%
Scottish	6,920	1.9%
Scotch-Irish	6,593	1.8%
French	6,466	1.8%
Dutch	2,762	0.8%
French Canadian	2,161	0.6%
Welsh	2,001	0.6%
Russian	1,944	0.5%
Norwegian	1,791	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	344,402	96.6%
Not a citizen	12,176	3.4%

Native	333,571	93.5%
Foreign-born	23,007	6.5%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
6,858	2.6%	15,598	5.9%	86,619	32.5%	89,875	33.7%	43,751	16.4%	23,840	8.9%
Average years of education: 13.3

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	6,858	2.6%
9-12 Years	15,598	5.9%
H.S. Grad or GED	86,619	32.5%
Some College	89,875	33.7%
Bach. Degree	43,751	16.4%
Grad Degree	23,840	8.9%
Average years of education: 13.3

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	74,278	69,537	4,741	6.4%	4.9%
1991	77,385	71,802	5,583	7.2%	6.1%
1992	81,384	74,830	6,554	8.1%	6.7%
1993	83,000	75,417	7,583	9.1%	7.3%
1994	85,914	79,848	6,066	7.1%	6.2%
1995	91,309	86,667	4,642	5.1%	5.1%
1996	94,870	89,937	4,933	5.2%	5.7%
1997	98,595	94,083	4,512	4.6%	4.5%
1998	101,203	97,528	3,675	3.6%	3.6%
1999	104,033	100,242	3,791	3.6%	4.1%

2000	105,227	101,372	3,855	3.7%	3.7%
2001	102,794	97,649	5,145	5.0%	5.3%
2002	106,122	100,179	5,943	5.6%	6.4%
2003	112,116	105,267	6,849	6.1%	7.2%
2004	116,848	109,303	7,545	6.5%	7.4%
2005	121,398	113,804	7,594	6.3%	7.3%
2006	130,536	122,844	7,692	5.9%	6.9%
2007	132,002	124,896	7,106	5.4%	6.1%
2008	131,823	121,866	9,957	7.6%	7.3%
2009	131,142	115,587	15,555	11.9%	11.4%

2010	132,121	115,661	16,460	12.5%	11.3%
2011	132,897	117,260	15,637	11.8%	10.4%
2012	132,855	119,373	13,482	10.1%	9.0%
2013	133,217	122,022	11,195	8.4%	7.4%
2014	134,144	124,494	9,650	7.2%	6.3%
2015	137,237	127,562	9,675	7.0%	5.9%
2016	139,740	131,738	8,002	5.7%	4.9%
2017	142,854	135,804	7,050	4.9%	4.2%
2018	144,473	138,357	6,116	4.2%	3.4%
2019	147,445	142,249	5,196	3.5%	2.8%

2020	147,697	134,956	12,741	8.6%	6.2%
2021	147,228	139,869	7,359	5.0%	3.9%
2022	150,593	144,734	5,859	3.9%	3.2%
2023	158,224	152,818	5,406	3.4%	3.0%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	206,764
Median Value	$235,000

Occupied	142,383	68.9%
Vacant	64,381	31.1%

Owned	107,070	75.2%
Rented	35,313	24.8%
Median Rent	$1,128

Single-Family Units	114,399	55.3%
Detached	105,667	51.1%
Attached	8,732	4.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	55,801	27.0%
Mobile Homes	27,609	13.4%

Horry County, SC

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Horry County, SC

2022 Housing Data for Horry County, SC

2022 Income & Employment Data for Horry County, SC

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Horry County, SC

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Horry County, SC

Historical Labor Force Data for Horry County, SC