Allendale County, South Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 1,748 22.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 585 7.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 5,081 66.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 18 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 153 2.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 63 0.8%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 11 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2 0.0%

• Under 18 1,396 18.2%
• 18–24 619 8.1%
• 25–44 1,851 24.2%
• 45–64 2,076 27.1%
• 65 and over 1,719 22.4%

Median household income

$41,336

90% interval $36,794–$45,878

−$31,171 vs SC · 46th of 46

Below poverty line

31.6%

90% interval 23.8%–39.4%

+18.3 pp vs SC · 1st of 46

Unemployment (12-mo)

6.7%

+1.96 pp vs. state

County GDP

$398.3M

0.11% of state

Avg. annual pay

$57,254

Establishments

174

• Manufacturing 858 34.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 280 11.2%
• Education & health services 178 7.1%
• Professional & business services 30 1.2%

The sectors listed cover 53.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

61.7%

−10.2 pp vs SC · 45th of 46

Median gross rent

$662

−$518 vs SC · 46th of 46

Owner-occupied

1,998

Renter-occupied

1,240

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 53% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 1.7× the lowest ($73,027 vs $43,225/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Small-sector pay

  The $85,849 average in Professional & business services is BLS's published figure for 30 jobs. With so few jobs, a few high-paying employers or contracts can set the average, so it is left out of the wage-spread read.

• Democratic 2,165 71.6%
• Republican 813 26.9%
• Other / third-party 45 1.5%

• Spanish 113 1.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 40 0.5%
• Arabic 10 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 3 0.0%

Households

3,238

Family households

1,830

56.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

309

16.9% of families

Single-mother families

328

17.9% of families

Veterans

334

5.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 2,158 26.8%
• Black Protestant 1,466 18.2%
• Mainline Protestant 831 10.3%
• Catholic 88 1.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 58 0.7%

Health insured

87.9%

±3.2 pp

Uninsured

12.1%

±3.2 pp

10th of 46

With a disability

24.8%

±3.6 pp

1st of 46

Bachelor's or higher

14.3%

±3.4 pp

−17.8 pp vs SC · 39th of 46

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.0%

90% interval 9.6%–12.4% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

14th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

3 (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

Allendale, Beaufort, Hampton, Ridgeland, Walterboro

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

15.96 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1