Jury Pool Profile
Barnwell County, South Carolina
Republican +16 (2024)
- Population
- 20,565
- Median household income
- $41,800
- Unemployment
- 6.1%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 10,732 52.2%
- Black or African American alone 8,897 43.3%
- Asian alone 106 0.5%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 30 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 228 1.1%
- Two or more races 572 2.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 576 2.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 40.7
- Under 18 4,866 23.7%
- 18–24 1,776 8.6%
- 25–44 4,806 23.4%
- 45–64 5,225 25.4%
- 65 and over 3,892 18.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 6.1%
- +1.48 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $700.8M
- 0.2% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $43,379
- Establishments
- 427
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 1,356 27.9%
- Manufacturing 970 19.9%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 956 19.7%
- Leisure & hospitality 413 8.5%
- Professional & business services 149 3.1%
- Construction 144 3.0%
- Other services 142 2.9%
- Financial activities 83 1.7%
- Natural resources & mining 67 1.4%
- Information 16 0.3%
- Public administration 9 0.2%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 71.0%
- Median gross rent
- $695
- Owner-occupied
- 5,758
- Renter-occupied
- 2,349
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 9,803 votes cast
- Republican 5,605 57.2%
- Democratic 4,082 41.6%
- Other / third-party 116 1.2%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
96.7% speak only English at home
- Spanish 308 1.6%
- Slavic languages 105 0.5%
- Other 65 0.3%
- German 57 0.3%
- Other Asian/Pacific 51 0.3%
- Tagalog 21 0.1%
- Other Indo-European 18 0.1%
- French (incl. Cajun) 12 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 8,107
- Family households
- 4,986
- 61.5% of households
- Married w/ children
- 3,043
- Single-mother households
- 990
- Veterans
- 1,059
- 6.7% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
59.9% overall adherence rate
- 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%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 88.2%
- With a disability
- 19.6%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 12.8%
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
- 5
- 31.85 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 4
NHTSA FARS 2023