Editing Horry County, South Carolina (section)

==Economy==
{{See also|Economy of South Carolina#Lowcountry_tourism|label 1=Economy of South Carolina}}
In 2022, the [[Gross domestic product|GDP]] was $18.3 billion (about $45,922 per capita),<ref>{{Cite web |last=U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis |date=2001-01-01 |title=Gross Domestic Product: All Industries in Horry County, SC |url=https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GDPALL45051 |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis}}</ref> and the [[Real gross domestic product|real GDP]] was $15.3 billion (about $38,472 per capita) in [[Chained dollars|chained 2017 dollars]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis |date=2001-01-01 |title=Real Gross Domestic Product: All Industries in Horry County, SC |url=https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/REALGDPALL45051 |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis}}</ref>

In 2013, PTR Industries, a gunmaker,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ptr91.com/ |title=PTR Industries |access-date=January 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108021627/http://ptr91.com/ |archive-date=January 8, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> relocated to the Cool Springs Business Park<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mbredc.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/CoolSpringBus.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108020354/http://mbredc.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/CoolSpringBus.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Cool Springs Business Park|archive-date=January 8, 2014}}</ref> near Aynor from [[Bristol, Connecticut]]. That state had passed restrictive [[gun control]] legislation following the [[Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting]].

Twenty-one PTR employees relocated from Bristol. The company stated that it would hire an additional 30 workers in the first quarter of 2014, with a goal of having 120 employees by 2017.<ref>{{cite news| last =Miller| first =Joshua| title =Locked & loaded: Gun maker finds warmer surroundings in South Carolina after leaving Connecticut| newspaper =Fox News| date =January 7, 2014| url =https://www.foxnews.com/us/locked-loaded-gun-maker-finds-warmer-surroundings-in-south-carolina-after-leaving-connecticut/| access-date = January 7, 2014}}</ref>

{{As of|2024|April}}, some of the largest employers in the county include [[Adidas]], the city of [[Myrtle Beach, South Carolina|Myrtle Beach]], [[Coastal Carolina University]], [[Food Lion]], [[Hilton Grand Vacations]], [[Publix]], and [[Walmart]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |date=April 19, 2024 |title=Horry County |url=https://lmi.dew.sc.gov/lmi%20site/Documents/CommunityProfiles/04000051.pdf |journal=Community Profiles |publisher=S.C. Department of Employment & Workforce - Business Intelligence Department |publication-place=Columbia, SC |issue=4000051}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Employment and Wage Statistics by Industry in Horry County, South Carolina - Q3 2023<ref name=":0" />
! style="text-align:left;" | Industry
! style="text-align:right;" | Employment Counts
! style="text-align:right;" | Employment Percentage (%)
! style="text-align:right;" | Average Annual Wage ($)
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Accommodation and Food Services || style="text-align:right;" | 34,736 || style="text-align:right;" | 23.7 || style="text-align:right;" | 29,588
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services || style="text-align:right;" | 8,498 || style="text-align:right;" | 5.8 || style="text-align:right;" | 42,744
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting || style="text-align:right;" | 211 || style="text-align:right;" | 0.1 || style="text-align:right;" | 49,608
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation || style="text-align:right;" | 5,831 || style="text-align:right;" | 4.0 || style="text-align:right;" | 26,260
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Construction || style="text-align:right;" | 8,791 || style="text-align:right;" | 6.0 || style="text-align:right;" | 59,644
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Educational Services || style="text-align:right;" | 8,771 || style="text-align:right;" | 6.0 || style="text-align:right;" | 59,592
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Finance and Insurance || style="text-align:right;" | 3,203 || style="text-align:right;" | 2.2 || style="text-align:right;" | 77,532
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Health Care and Social Assistance || style="text-align:right;" | 17,448 || style="text-align:right;" | 11.9 || style="text-align:right;" | 62,556
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Information || style="text-align:right;" | 1,813 || style="text-align:right;" | 1.2 || style="text-align:right;" | 65,468
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Management of Companies and Enterprises || style="text-align:right;" | 515 || style="text-align:right;" | 0.4 || style="text-align:right;" | 79,300
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Manufacturing || style="text-align:right;" | 3,534 || style="text-align:right;" | 2.4 || style="text-align:right;" | 52,208
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction || style="text-align:right;" | 69 || style="text-align:right;" | 0.0 || style="text-align:right;" | 74,204
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Other Services (except Public Administration) || style="text-align:right;" | 3,713 || style="text-align:right;" | 2.5 || style="text-align:right;" | 37,492
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services || style="text-align:right;" | 4,815 || style="text-align:right;" | 3.3 || style="text-align:right;" | 68,796
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Public Administration || style="text-align:right;" | 6,859 || style="text-align:right;" | 4.7 || style="text-align:right;" | 56,836
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Real Estate and Rental and Leasing || style="text-align:right;" | 4,787 || style="text-align:right;" | 3.3 || style="text-align:right;" | 44,356
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Retail Trade || style="text-align:right;" | 26,720 || style="text-align:right;" | 18.2 || style="text-align:right;" | 35,152
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Transportation and Warehousing || style="text-align:right;" | 3,141 || style="text-align:right;" | 2.1 || style="text-align:right;" | 48,568
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Utilities || style="text-align:right;" | 629 || style="text-align:right;" | 0.4 || style="text-align:right;" | 73,892
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Wholesale Trade || style="text-align:right;" | 2,730 || style="text-align:right;" | 1.9 || style="text-align:right;" | 61,308
|-
| style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold;" | '''Total''' || style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold;" | '''146,814''' || style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold;" | '''100.0%''' || style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold;" | '''45,424'''
|}