Jury Pool Profile

Clarendon County, South Carolina

Republican +12 (2024)

Population: 31,037
Median household income: $48,887
Unemployment: 6.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 15,544 50.1%
Black or African American alone 14,035 45.2%
Asian alone 232 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 111 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 356 1.1%
Two or more races 759 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 945 3.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.9

Under 18 5,756 18.5%
18–24 2,658 8.6%
25–44 6,730 21.7%
45–64 8,319 26.8%
65 and over 7,574 24.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.5%; +1.93 pp vs. state
County GDP: $962.5M; 0.27% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,194
Establishments: 647

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,303 19.5%
Education & health services 982 14.7%
Leisure & hospitality 807 12.1%
Manufacturing 588 8.8%
Professional & business services 222 3.3%
Other services 218 3.3%
Financial activities 184 2.7%
Natural resources & mining 183 2.7%
Construction 159 2.4%
Information 36 0.5%
Public administration 14 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.0%
Median gross rent: $728
Owner-occupied: 8,718
Renter-occupied: 3,231

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,320 votes cast

Republican 9,065 55.5%
Democratic 7,064 43.3%
Other / third-party 191 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 695 2.3%
Vietnamese 87 0.3%
Other Indo-European 46 0.2%
Chinese 42 0.1%
Korean 37 0.1%
German 31 0.1%
Tagalog 14 0.0%
Other 13 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 9 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 8 0.0%
Arabic 6 0.0%
Slavic languages 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 11,949
Family households: 7,769; 65.0% of households
Married w/ children: 5,310
Single-mother households: 643
Veterans: 1,743; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

52.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,805 21.9%
Black Protestant 5,714 18.3%
Mainline Protestant 2,238 7.2%
Catholic 1,056 3.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 461 1.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.2%
With a disability: 18.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (At-large Circuit Court judges elected to this circuit; vintage 2026 sccourts.org)
Court seats: Bishopville, Kingstree, Manning, Sumter

Court reference

Traffic safety context

South Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 16; 63.29 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 15

NHTSA FARS 2023