Aiken County, South Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 110,667 63.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12,577 7.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 41,210 23.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,625 0.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 6,983 4.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 219 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 46 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 833 0.5%

• Under 18 37,379 21.5%
• 18–24 13,199 7.6%
• 25–44 42,888 24.6%
• 45–64 44,538 25.6%
• 65 and over 36,156 20.8%

Median household income

$71,314

90% interval $66,188–$76,440

−$1,193 vs SC · 11th of 46

Below poverty line

13.7%

90% interval 11.6%–15.8%

+0.4 pp vs SC · 34th of 46

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.5%

−0.24 pp vs. state

County GDP

$10.4B

2.9% of state

Avg. annual pay

$65,945

Establishments

3,946

• Professional & business services 14,818 22.2%
• Education & health services 11,410 17.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 10,530 15.8%
• Manufacturing 8,774 13.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 7,633 11.4%
• Construction 6,287 9.4%
• Public administration 2,078 3.1%
• Other services 1,697 2.5%
• Financial activities 1,472 2.2%
• Natural resources & mining 352 0.5%
• Information 339 0.5%
• Unclassified 1 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 97.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

76.5%

+4.6 pp vs SC · 13th of 46

Median gross rent

$1,062

−$118 vs SC · 13th of 46

Owner-occupied

53,513

Renter-occupied

16,403

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 55% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $94,839/yr) pays 4.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,341/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 17 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 53,592 62.3%
• Democratic 31,298 36.4%
• Other / third-party 1,201 1.4%

• Spanish 7,423 4.5%
• Vietnamese 393 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 302 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 237 0.1%
• Tagalog 179 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 90 0.1%
• Chinese 54 0.0%
• Korean 35 0.0%
• Arabic 21 0.0%

Households

69,916

Family households

47,011

67.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

10,764

22.9% of families

Single-mother families

4,426

9.4% of families

Veterans

13,389

9.8% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 69,026 40.9%
• Catholic 12,255 7.3%
• Mainline Protestant 9,844 5.8%
• Black Protestant 6,879 4.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,888 2.9%
• Orthodox 102 0.1%

Health insured

91.2%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

8.8%

±0.9 pp

33rd of 46

With a disability

15.8%

±0.8 pp

26th of 46

Bachelor's or higher

31.9%

±1.3 pp

−0.2 pp vs SC · 9th of 46

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.4%

90% interval 9.4%–11.4% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

2nd Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

2 (Resident Circuit Court judgeships authorized for this circuit by S.C. Code Ann. 14-5-610, as amended by 2026 Act No. 154. Authorized seats, not seated judges; South Carolina also elects at-large circuit judges statewide who are not counted in any circuit.)

Court seats

Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

29

21.2 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

27