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Florence is the central city of a metropolitan area with a total population of 205, 566 ( 2010 US census ), including the entire populations of Florence and Darlington counties.

However, in the more detailed 2000 Census data, only about 54 % of this metro was urbanized, consisting of the urban areas Florence ( 2000 pop.

: 67, 314 ), Hartsville ( 14, 907 ), Darlington ( 12, 066 ), and Lake City ( 8, 728 ).

The remainder of the Florence metro is considered rural.