Jury Pool Profile

Darlington County, South Carolina

Republican +13 (2024)

Population: 62,754
Median household income: $47,419
Unemployment: 5.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 34,199 54.5%
Black or African American alone 25,718 41.0%
Asian alone 220 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 108 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 12 0.0%
Some other race alone 660 1.1%
Two or more races 1,837 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,486 2.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.5

Under 18 14,052 22.4%
18–24 5,518 8.8%
25–44 14,370 22.9%
45–64 16,587 26.4%
65 and over 12,227 19.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.2%; +0.62 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.4B; 0.96% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,913
Establishments: 1,246

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 4,626 23.1%
Education & health services 4,265 21.3%
Manufacturing 3,770 18.8%
Leisure & hospitality 1,751 8.7%
Public administration 1,542 7.7%
Construction 1,470 7.3%
Professional & business services 1,185 5.9%
Other services 409 2.0%
Financial activities 383 1.9%
Natural resources & mining 127 0.6%
Information 43 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.6%
Median gross rent: $876
Owner-occupied: 17,710
Renter-occupied: 7,364

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 30,331 votes cast

Republican 17,017 56.1%
Democratic 12,977 42.8%
Other / third-party 337 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,270 2.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 169 0.3%
Tagalog 76 0.1%
Other Indo-European 70 0.1%
Slavic languages 45 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 31 0.1%
Other 30 0.1%
German 15 0.0%
Vietnamese 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 25,074
Family households: 15,821; 63.1% of households
Married w/ children: 9,695
Single-mother households: 2,308
Veterans: 3,007; 6.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

52.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 20,059 31.9%
Mainline Protestant 5,255 8.4%
Black Protestant 4,058 6.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,300 3.7%
Catholic 1,243 2.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.0%
With a disability: 16.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 4th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (At-large Circuit Court judges elected to this circuit; vintage 2026 sccourts.org)
Court seats: Bennettsville, Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon

Court reference

Traffic safety context

South Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 27; 55.44 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 25

NHTSA FARS 2023