Jury Pool Profile
Bamberg County, South Carolina
Democratic +15 (2024)
- Population
- 13,164
- Median household income
- $43,206
- Unemployment
- 6.2%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 4,979 37.8%
- Black or African American alone 7,880 59.9%
- Asian alone 60 0.5%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 25 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 93 0.7%
- Two or more races 127 1.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 223 1.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 41.7
- Under 18 2,444 18.6%
- 18–24 1,773 13.5%
- 25–44 2,807 21.3%
- 45–64 3,051 23.2%
- 65 and over 3,089 23.5%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 6.2%
- +1.59 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $510.4M
- 0.14% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $46,983
- Establishments
- 307
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 1,241 34.9%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 718 20.2%
- Manufacturing 476 13.4%
- Leisure & hospitality 215 6.0%
- Professional & business services 211 5.9%
- Financial activities 162 4.6%
- Public administration 158 4.4%
- Natural resources & mining 154 4.3%
- Construction 56 1.6%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 74.2%
- Median gross rent
- $794
- Owner-occupied
- 3,408
- Renter-occupied
- 1,184
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 5,694 votes cast
- Democratic 3,245 57.0%
- Republican 2,376 41.7%
- Other / third-party 73 1.3%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
98.2% speak only English at home
- Spanish 138 1.1%
- Vietnamese 47 0.4%
- Arabic 18 0.1%
- French (incl. Cajun) 17 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 4,592
- Family households
- 2,672
- 58.2% of households
- Married w/ children
- 1,677
- Single-mother households
- 361
- Veterans
- 537
- 5% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
47.8% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 3,576 26.9%
- Mainline Protestant 2,066 15.5%
- Black Protestant 490 3.7%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 237 1.8%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 85.7%
- With a disability
- 17.7%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 18.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
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
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
South Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 6
- 55.97 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 6
NHTSA FARS 2023