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Jury Pool Profile

Colleton County, South Carolina

Republican +18 (2024)
Population
38,623
Median household income
$48,779
Unemployment
5.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 22,269 57.7%
  • Black or African American alone 13,389 34.7%
  • Asian alone 176 0.5%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 243 0.6%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 755 2.0%
  • Two or more races 1,791 4.6%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,562 4.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.2

  • Under 18 8,763 22.7%
  • 18–24 2,862 7.4%
  • 25–44 9,009 23.3%
  • 45–64 10,218 26.5%
  • 65 and over 7,771 20.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
5.4%
+0.8 pp vs. state
County GDP
$1.5B
0.42% of state
Avg. annual pay
$48,150
Establishments
916

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 2,092 20.3%
  • Education & health services 1,690 16.4%
  • Leisure & hospitality 1,304 12.7%
  • Professional & business services 863 8.4%
  • Manufacturing 785 7.6%
  • Construction 580 5.6%
  • Natural resources & mining 431 4.2%
  • Financial activities 355 3.5%
  • Other services 190 1.8%
  • Information 147 1.4%
  • Public administration 24 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
73.1%
Median gross rent
$905
Owner-occupied
11,667
Renter-occupied
4,301

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 18,276 votes cast

  • Republican 10,696 58.5%
  • Democratic 7,376 40.4%
  • Other / third-party 204 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.3% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 1,072 2.9%
  • Tagalog 85 0.2%
  • Other Indo-European 77 0.2%
  • German 56 0.2%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 41 0.1%
  • Chinese 15 0.0%
  • Vietnamese 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
15,968
Family households
10,137
63.5% of households
Married w/ children
6,107
Single-mother households
1,440
Veterans
2,643
8.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.9% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 11,523 29.8%
  • Mainline Protestant 3,722 9.6%
  • Black Protestant 2,878 7.5%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,035 2.7%
  • Catholic 880 2.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
84.5%
With a disability
19.3%
Bachelor's or higher
16.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

South Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
16
53.58 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
16

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Colleton County, South Carolina to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.