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Jury Pool Profile

Anderson County, South Carolina

Republican +47 (2024)
Population
207,218
Median household income
$64,683
Unemployment
4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 159,966 77.2%
  • Black or African American alone 28,250 13.6%
  • Asian alone 2,158 1.0%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,086 0.5%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 35 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 3,240 1.6%
  • Two or more races 12,483 6.0%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10,188 4.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.5

  • Under 18 47,118 22.7%
  • 18–24 17,293 8.3%
  • 25–44 50,793 24.5%
  • 45–64 54,334 26.2%
  • 65 and over 37,680 18.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.3%
-0.3 pp vs. state
County GDP
$10.6B
2.96% of state
Avg. annual pay
$51,737
Establishments
4,568

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 17,929 24.7%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 15,891 21.9%
  • Manufacturing 15,784 21.7%
  • Leisure & hospitality 8,564 11.8%
  • Professional & business services 4,749 6.5%
  • Construction 2,980 4.1%
  • Public administration 2,112 2.9%
  • Financial activities 1,646 2.3%
  • Other services 1,613 2.2%
  • Natural resources & mining 352 0.5%
  • Information 348 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
75.4%
Median gross rent
$952
Owner-occupied
61,959
Renter-occupied
20,175

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 98,296 votes cast

  • Republican 71,828 73.1%
  • Democratic 25,281 25.7%
  • Other / third-party 1,187 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.2% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 5,355 2.7%
  • Slavic languages 1,031 0.5%
  • Other Indo-European 902 0.5%
  • Other 317 0.2%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 299 0.2%
  • German 273 0.1%
  • Arabic 248 0.1%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 242 0.1%
  • Tagalog 224 0.1%
  • Chinese 190 0.1%
  • Vietnamese 129 0.1%
  • Korean 86 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
82,134
Family households
55,901
68.1% of households
Married w/ children
41,359
Single-mother households
5,271
Veterans
12,753
8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

72.6% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 118,279 58.1%
  • Mainline Protestant 10,474 5.1%
  • Black Protestant 9,718 4.8%
  • Catholic 6,721 3.3%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,600 1.3%
  • Orthodox 50 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
89.6%
With a disability
15.5%
Bachelor's or higher
26.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
10th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges
3 (At-large Circuit Court judges elected to this circuit; vintage 2026 sccourts.org)
Court seats
Anderson, Walhalla

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

South Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
27
16.86 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
25

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Anderson County, South Carolina to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.