Berkeley County, South Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 148,260 60.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 22,587 9.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 56,035 22.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 6,245 2.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 11,374 4.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 650 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 151 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,500 0.6%

• Under 18 58,289 23.6%
• 18–24 22,604 9.2%
• 25–44 69,767 28.3%
• 45–64 59,527 24.1%
• 65 and over 36,615 14.8%

Median household income

$86,187

90% interval $81,324–$91,050

+$13,680 vs SC · 4th of 46

Below poverty line

8.9%

90% interval 7.4%–10.4%

−4.4 pp vs SC · 44th of 46

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.1%

−0.6 pp vs. state

County GDP

$14.3B

4.01% of state

Avg. annual pay

$70,179

Establishments

5,344

• Trade, transportation & utilities 16,431 23.4%
• Education & health services 10,975 15.6%
• Manufacturing 9,888 14.1%
• Professional & business services 9,345 13.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 7,355 10.5%
• Construction 5,012 7.1%
• Financial activities 2,559 3.6%
• Other services 2,079 3.0%
• Information 1,976 2.8%
• Public administration 377 0.5%
• Natural resources & mining 200 0.3%
• Unclassified 4 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 94.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

74.5%

+2.6 pp vs SC · 20th of 46

Median gross rent

$1,654

+$474 vs SC · 1st of 46

Owner-occupied

69,861

Renter-occupied

23,850

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 53% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $155,660/yr) pays 5.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $26,353/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 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 64,777 57.4%
• Democratic 46,416 41.1%
• Other / third-party 1,641 1.5%

• Spanish 15,045 6.5%
• Tagalog 2,072 0.9%
• German or other West Germanic 696 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 510 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 400 0.2%
• Chinese 336 0.1%
• Vietnamese 335 0.1%
• Arabic 154 0.1%
• Korean 109 0.0%

Households

93,711

Family households

63,702

68.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

18,686

29.3% of families

Single-mother families

5,847

9.2% of families

Veterans

22,409

12.4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 39,233 17.1%
• Catholic 24,850 10.8%
• Mainline Protestant 7,805 3.4%
• Black Protestant 7,214 3.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,623 1.6%

Health insured

90.8%

±0.8 pp

Uninsured

9.2%

±0.8 pp

29th of 46

With a disability

13.4%

±0.6 pp

41st of 46

Bachelor's or higher

31.0%

±1.2 pp

−1.1 pp vs SC · 10th of 46

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.1%

90% interval 9.2%–11.0% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

9th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

5 (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

Charleston, Moncks Corner

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

37

19.63 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

37