Demographics of Horry County, South Carolina

Horry County, South Carolina had 427,551 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +73,777 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Horry County, in four figures

427,551
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +20.9%
Change since July 2020: +73,777 people.; 48.7 ±0.2
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $66,880 ±$1,763
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Horry County, South Carolina's population grew 20.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Horry County, South Carolina's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Horry County, South Carolina's population grew 20.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Horry County, South Carolina's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	353,774	100.0	100.0
2021	366,100	103.5	100.2
2022	383,626	108.4	100.7
2023	398,699	112.7	101.6
2024	414,307	117.1	102.5
2025	427,551	120.9	103.1

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Population of Horry County, South Carolina on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	353,774	+2,738	−257	+19	+3,358
2021	366,100	+12,326	−2,019	+249	+15,130
2022	383,626	+17,526	−2,075	+1,426	+16,981
2023	398,699	+15,073	−1,754	+1,727	+14,554
2024	414,307	+15,608	−1,732	+2,759	+14,186
2025	427,551	+13,244	−1,801	+861	+14,222

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 48.7 ±0.2: for men 47.7 ±0.3 and for women 49.9 ±0.1. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Horry County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	South Carolina	United States
Under 5	16,127 ±92	4.2% ±<0.1	5.5% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	48,837 ±1,257	12.8% ±0.3	16.0% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	29,962 ±1,054	7.8% ±0.3	9.1% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	80,912 ±1,464	21.1% ±0.4	25.3% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	106,199 ±1,994	27.7% ±0.5	25.2% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	100,979 ±2,003	26.4% ±0.5	18.9% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $66,880 ±$1,763, and income per person $38,025 ±$913, in 2024 dollars. The median is $69,324 ±$570 in South Carolina and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Horry County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	South Carolina	United States
Under $25,000	25,349 ±1,369	16.0% ±0.8	17.0% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	34,101 ±1,878	21.5% ±1.2	19.6% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	28,767 ±1,505	18.1% ±0.9	17.0% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	22,671 ±1,138	14.3% ±0.7	13.1% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	26,649 ±1,391	16.8% ±0.9	16.4% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	10,758 ±914	6.8% ±0.6	8.0% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	10,484 ±896	6.6% ±0.6	8.9% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Horry County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	South Carolina	United States
All ages	49,738 ±2,844	13.2% ±0.8	14.1% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	13,554 ±1,356	21.2% ±2.0	19.4% ±0.4	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	23,491 ±1,725	13.2% ±0.9	13.1% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	12,693 ±1,134	9.5% ±0.8	11.6% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Horry County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Horry County	South Carolina	United States
Housing units	217,419 ±130	2,443,039 ±311	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	73.0% ±0.7	86.7% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	27.0% ±0.7	13.3% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	77.3% ±1.0	71.9% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	22.7% ±0.9	28.1% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$287,700 ±$4,754	$259,000 ±$1,421	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,255 ±$35	$1,180 ±$9	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1999 ±2	1992 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Horry County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	South Carolina	United States
Hispanic or Latino	28,001 ±0	7.3% ±<0.1	7.4% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	289,203 ±1,191	75.5% ±0.3	61.9% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	44,384 ±754	11.6% ±0.2	24.6% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	5,137 ±382	1.3% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	636 ±191	0.2% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	312 ±106	0.1% ±<0.1	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	1,985 ±812	0.5% ±0.2	0.5% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	13,358 ±1,253	3.5% ±0.3	3.7% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Horry County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	South Carolina	United States
Born in the state	126,557 ±3,644	33.0% ±1.0	52.6% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	227,142 ±3,782	59.3% ±1.0	40.4% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	3,746 ±581	1.0% ±0.2	1.2% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	25,571 ±1,875	6.7% ±0.5	5.8% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	12,840 ±1,195	3.4% ±0.3	2.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	12,731 ±1,448	3.3% ±0.4	3.2% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Horry County among the counties of South Carolina

4th of 46 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the South Carolina page.

Counties of South Carolina near Horry County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Greenville County	583,125	+10.6%
Charleston County	436,200	+6.4%
Richland County	434,956	+4.6%
Horry County	427,551	+20.9%
Spartanburg County	380,857	+15.6%
Lexington County	317,588	+7.7%
York County	306,887	+8.1%
Berkeley County	274,666	+18.7%
Anderson County	219,930	+7.7%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 2 Counties by population growth in South Carolina
No. 4 Counties by population in South Carolina
No. 31 Counties by population growth

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026