Beaufort County, South Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 131,453 67.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 24,168 12.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 30,270 15.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 2,149 1.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 6,152 3.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 53 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,044 0.5%

• Under 18 34,071 17.4%
• 18–24 18,928 9.7%
• 25–44 39,532 20.2%
• 45–64 47,325 24.2%
• 65 and over 55,433 28.4%

Median household income

$91,129

90% interval $86,187–$96,071

+$18,622 vs SC · 3rd of 46

Below poverty line

8.4%

90% interval 6.5%–10.3%

−4.9 pp vs SC · 46th of 46

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.3%

−0.42 pp vs. state

County GDP

$12.9B

3.61% of state

Avg. annual pay

$57,232

Establishments

7,802

• Leisure & hospitality 16,872 23.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 13,626 18.9%
• Education & health services 10,183 14.1%
• Professional & business services 7,631 10.6%
• Construction 4,958 6.9%
• Other services 4,273 5.9%
• Financial activities 4,061 5.6%
• Public administration 1,158 1.6%

The sectors listed cover 86.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

75.9%

+4.0 pp vs SC · 16th of 46

Median gross rent

$1,653

+$473 vs SC · 2nd of 46

Owner-occupied

62,527

Renter-occupied

19,806

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 56% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $90,914/yr) pays 2.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $34,433/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.3 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 59,123 56.6%
• Democratic 44,002 42.1%
• Other / third-party 1,278 1.2%

• Spanish 16,236 8.7%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1,005 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 794 0.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 448 0.2%
• Vietnamese 411 0.2%
• Tagalog 353 0.2%
• Chinese 291 0.2%
• Korean 99 0.1%
• Arabic 46 0.0%

Households

82,333

Family households

56,367

68.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

12,063

21.4% of families

Single-mother families

3,669

6.5% of families

Veterans

16,866

11% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 40,052 21.4%
• Evangelical Protestant 25,861 13.8%
• Mainline Protestant 9,422 5.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,467 2.4%
• Black Protestant 3,575 1.9%
• Orthodox 97 0.1%

Health insured

91.5%

±0.8 pp

Uninsured

8.5%

±0.8 pp

39th of 46

With a disability

13.4%

±0.8 pp

40th of 46

Bachelor's or higher

46.0%

±1.5 pp

+13.9 pp vs SC · 2nd of 46

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.3%

90% interval 10.3%–12.3% · 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

27

16.75 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

23