Darlington County, South Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 33,244 53.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,552 2.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 25,390 40.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 364 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,777 2.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 126 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 105 0.2%

• Under 18 13,894 22.2%
• 18–24 5,498 8.8%
• 25–44 14,398 23.0%
• 45–64 16,344 26.1%
• 65 and over 12,424 19.9%

Median household income

$53,035

90% interval $47,716–$58,354

−$19,472 vs SC · 35th of 46

Below poverty line

24.6%

90% interval 21.5%–27.7%

+11.3 pp vs SC · 5th of 46

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.3%

+0.59 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.4B

0.96% of state

Avg. annual pay

$60,477

Establishments

1,257

• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,682 23.6%
• Education & health services 4,300 21.7%
• Manufacturing 3,564 18.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,761 8.9%
• Public administration 1,539 7.8%
• Professional & business services 1,248 6.3%
• Other services 374 1.9%
• Financial activities 14 0.1%
• Unclassified 5 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 88.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

70.9%

−1.0 pp vs SC · 32nd of 46

Median gross rent

$896

−$284 vs SC · 24th of 46

Owner-occupied

18,126

Renter-occupied

7,435

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $100,709/yr) pays 5.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,146/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 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 17,017 56.1%
• Democratic 12,977 42.8%
• Other / third-party 337 1.1%

• Spanish 1,322 2.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 136 0.2%
• Tagalog 123 0.2%
• Vietnamese 25 0.0%
• German or other West Germanic 6 0.0%

Households

25,561

Family households

15,860

62.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,821

17.8% of families

Single-mother families

2,396

15.1% of families

Veterans

2,557

5.3% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

91.0%

±1 pp

Uninsured

9.0%

±1 pp

31st of 46

With a disability

16.5%

±1.4 pp

23rd of 46

Bachelor's or higher

19.9%

±1.7 pp

−12.2 pp vs SC · 28th of 46

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.0%

90% interval 9.8%–12.2% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

4th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

2 (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

Bennettsville, Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

22

45.21 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

17