Jury Pool Profile

Aiken County, South Carolina

Republican +26 (2024)

Population: 171,949
Median household income: $67,940
Unemployment: 4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 113,667 66.1%
Black or African American alone 42,183 24.5%
Asian alone 1,735 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 212 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 21 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,526 1.5%
Two or more races 11,605 6.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11,974 7.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.6

Under 18 37,064 21.6%
18–24 13,154 7.6%
25–44 42,141 24.5%
45–64 44,581 25.9%
65 and over 35,009 20.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.7%; +0.06 pp vs. state
County GDP: $10.4B; 2.9% of state
Avg. annual pay: $63,331
Establishments: 3,807

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Professional & business services 13,898 21.3%
Education & health services 11,876 18.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 10,488 16.1%
Manufacturing 8,966 13.8%
Leisure & hospitality 7,395 11.3%
Construction 6,102 9.4%
Public administration 2,070 3.2%
Other services 1,509 2.3%
Financial activities 1,477 2.3%
Natural resources & mining 373 0.6%
Information 346 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.7%
Median gross rent: $1,031
Owner-occupied: 52,603
Renter-occupied: 16,003

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 86,091 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 7,179 4.4%
Other Indo-European 609 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 365 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 318 0.2%
Vietnamese 282 0.2%
Tagalog 243 0.1%
German 191 0.1%
Slavic languages 153 0.1%
Chinese 125 0.1%
Other 115 0.1%
Korean 27 0.0%
Arabic 18 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 68,606
Family households: 45,803; 66.8% of households
Married w/ children: 33,582
Single-mother households: 4,000
Veterans: 13,229; 9.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

61.0% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.2%
With a disability: 15.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 31.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (At-large Circuit Court judges elected to this circuit; vintage 2026 sccourts.org)
Court seats: Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell

Court reference

Traffic safety context

South Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 38; 28.17 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 37

NHTSA FARS 2023