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.
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