Jury Pool Profile

Abbeville County, South Carolina

Republican +42 (2024)

Population: 24,352
Median household income: $52,112
Unemployment: 5.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 16,882 69.3%
Black or African American alone 6,287 25.8%
Asian alone 51 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 31 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 11 0.0%
Some other race alone 156 0.6%
Two or more races 934 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 475 2.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.3

Under 18 4,780 19.6%
18–24 2,332 9.6%
25–44 5,168 21.2%
45–64 6,576 27.0%
65 and over 5,496 22.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.0%; +0.43 pp vs. state
County GDP: $846.1M; 0.24% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,349
Establishments: 444

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,845 32.0%
Education & health services 1,227 21.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 688 11.9%
Leisure & hospitality 384 6.7%
Professional & business services 359 6.2%
Construction 126 2.2%
Information 124 2.1%
Financial activities 100 1.7%
Other services 99 1.7%
Natural resources & mining 27 0.5%
Public administration 5 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.0%
Median gross rent: $634
Owner-occupied: 7,338
Renter-occupied: 2,198

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 12,048 votes cast

Republican 8,509 70.6%
Democratic 3,399 28.2%
Other / third-party 140 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 284 1.2%
Slavic languages 136 0.6%
Other Indo-European 100 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 35 0.2%
German 17 0.1%
Other 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,536
Family households: 6,270; 65.8% of households
Married w/ children: 4,656
Single-mother households: 545
Veterans: 1,511; 7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

62.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,836 36.4%
Black Protestant 3,928 16.2%
Mainline Protestant 1,920 7.9%
Catholic 293 1.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 262 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.3%
With a disability: 13.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (At-large Circuit Court judges elected to this circuit; vintage 2026 sccourts.org)
Court seats: Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens, Newberry

Court reference

Traffic safety context

South Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 25.55 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023