Barnwell County, South Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 10,367 50.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 595 2.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 8,776 42.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 120 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 548 2.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 25 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 6 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 84 0.4%

• Under 18 4,870 23.7%
• 18–24 1,596 7.8%
• 25–44 5,003 24.4%
• 45–64 5,125 25.0%
• 65 and over 3,927 19.1%

Median household income

$50,145

90% interval $44,823–$55,467

−$22,362 vs SC · 38th of 46

Below poverty line

20.3%

90% interval 15.6%–25.0%

+7.0 pp vs SC · 12th of 46

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.8%

+1.11 pp vs. state

County GDP

$700.8M

0.2% of state

Avg. annual pay

$45,891

Establishments

424

• Manufacturing 940 19.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 926 19.7%
• Education & health services 566 12.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 422 9.0%
• Other services 162 3.4%
• Professional & business services 138 2.9%
• Construction 111 2.4%
• Financial activities 91 1.9%
• Natural resources & mining 58 1.2%
• Information 14 0.3%
• Public administration 7 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 72.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

70.9%

−1.0 pp vs SC · 31st of 46

Median gross rent

$740

−$440 vs SC · 40th of 46

Owner-occupied

5,757

Renter-occupied

2,359

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 52% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $67,061/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,989/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 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 5,605 57.2%
• Democratic 4,082 41.6%
• Other / third-party 116 1.2%

• Spanish 335 1.7%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 82 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 49 0.3%
• Tagalog 17 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 13 0.1%
• Chinese 3 0.0%

Households

8,116

Family households

5,119

63.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

673

13.1% of families

Single-mother families

1,047

20.5% of families

Veterans

1,118

7.1% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 9,254 44.9%
• Black Protestant 1,512 7.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 646 3.1%
• Mainline Protestant 574 2.8%
• Catholic 346 1.7%

Health insured

87.8%

±1.9 pp

Uninsured

12.2%

±1.9 pp

9th of 46

With a disability

20.3%

±2.1 pp

5th of 46

Bachelor's or higher

13.9%

±2.2 pp

−18.2 pp vs SC · 41st of 46

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.6%

90% interval 11.2%–14.0% · 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

8

51.11 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7