Colleton County, South Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 21,908 56.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,767 4.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 13,048 33.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 172 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,662 4.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 97 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 21 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 108 0.3%

• Under 18 8,792 22.7%
• 18–24 2,799 7.2%
• 25–44 9,109 23.5%
• 45–64 10,154 26.2%
• 65 and over 7,929 20.4%

Median household income

$55,301

90% interval $49,596–$61,006

−$17,206 vs SC · 31st of 46

Below poverty line

21.0%

90% interval 17.5%–24.5%

+7.7 pp vs SC · 9th of 46

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.3%

+0.57 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.5B

0.42% of state

Avg. annual pay

$49,087

Establishments

926

• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,029 20.2%
• Education & health services 1,808 18.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,319 13.1%
• Professional & business services 867 8.6%
• Manufacturing 789 7.8%
• Construction 392 3.9%
• Natural resources & mining 374 3.7%
• Financial activities 347 3.4%
• Public administration 25 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 79.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

73.3%

+1.4 pp vs SC · 24th of 46

Median gross rent

$949

−$231 vs SC · 21st of 46

Owner-occupied

12,026

Renter-occupied

4,382

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 51% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $69,229/yr) pays 2.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $25,463/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 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 10,696 58.5%
• Democratic 7,376 40.4%
• Other / third-party 204 1.1%

• Spanish 1,355 3.7%
• German or other West Germanic 145 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 124 0.3%
• Tagalog 88 0.2%
• Chinese 13 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 10 0.0%
• Vietnamese 1 0.0%

Households

16,408

Family households

10,569

64.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,848

17.5% of families

Single-mother families

1,546

14.6% of families

Veterans

2,692

9% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

85.0%

±2.2 pp

Uninsured

15.0%

±2.2 pp

2nd of 46

With a disability

20.5%

±2 pp

4th of 46

Bachelor's or higher

17.4%

±1.7 pp

−14.7 pp vs SC · 34th of 46

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

14.2%

90% interval 12.7%–15.7% · 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

17

56.68 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

16