Jury Pool Profile

Beaufort County, South Carolina

Republican +14 (2024)

Population: 192,123
Median household income: $84,819
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 134,712 70.1%
Black or African American alone 30,354 15.8%
Asian alone 2,065 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 335 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 11,112 5.8%
Two or more races 13,545 7.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 23,539 12.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.2

Under 18 34,196 17.8%
18–24 19,320 10.1%
25–44 38,699 20.1%
45–64 46,292 24.1%
65 and over 53,616 27.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; -0.26 pp vs. state
County GDP: $12.9B; 3.61% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,768
Establishments: 7,748

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 16,645 23.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 13,568 19.1%
Education & health services 10,031 14.1%
Professional & business services 7,714 10.9%
Construction 4,468 6.3%
Other services 4,199 5.9%
Financial activities 4,112 5.8%
Public administration 3,651 5.1%
Manufacturing 1,018 1.4%
Information 411 0.6%
Natural resources & mining 295 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.7%
Median gross rent: $1,484
Owner-occupied: 59,671
Renter-occupied: 19,123

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 104,403 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

88.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 16,650 9.1%
Other Indo-European 962 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 873 0.5%
Other 690 0.4%
German 589 0.3%
Vietnamese 414 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 375 0.2%
Tagalog 336 0.2%
Slavic languages 315 0.2%
Chinese 277 0.2%
Korean 34 0.0%
Arabic 30 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 78,794
Family households: 54,394; 69.0% of households
Married w/ children: 44,746
Single-mother households: 3,775
Veterans: 16,881; 11.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.6% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.6%
With a disability: 13.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 44.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 14th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (At-large Circuit Court judges elected to this circuit; vintage 2026 sccourts.org)
Court seats: Allendale, Beaufort, Hampton, Ridgeland, Walterboro

Court reference

Traffic safety context

South Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 21; 13.3 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 18

NHTSA FARS 2023