Jury Pool Profile

Dorchester County, South Carolina

Republican +15 (2024)

Population: 164,322
Median household income: $76,896
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 103,658 63.1%
Black or African American alone 41,255 25.1%
Asian alone 3,581 2.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 512 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 950 0.6%
Some other race alone 4,873 3.0%
Two or more races 9,493 5.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11,323 6.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.9

Under 18 39,749 24.2%
18–24 12,892 7.8%
25–44 45,587 27.7%
45–64 41,747 25.4%
65 and over 24,347 14.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; -0.53 pp vs. state
County GDP: $6.7B; 1.88% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,559
Establishments: 3,549

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 9,367 22.6%
Education & health services 8,209 19.8%
Manufacturing 6,261 15.1%
Leisure & hospitality 5,315 12.8%
Professional & business services 3,885 9.4%
Construction 2,290 5.5%
Public administration 1,754 4.2%
Financial activities 1,444 3.5%
Other services 1,280 3.1%
Information 332 0.8%
Natural resources & mining 144 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.4%
Median gross rent: $1,381
Owner-occupied: 46,442
Renter-occupied: 15,131

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 77,764 votes cast

Republican 43,839 56.4%
Democratic 32,489 41.8%
Other / third-party 1,436 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 7,074 4.6%
Other Indo-European 1,139 0.7%
Chinese 935 0.6%
Slavic languages 877 0.6%
German 533 0.3%
Vietnamese 474 0.3%
Other 416 0.3%
Tagalog 312 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 289 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 246 0.2%
Korean 110 0.1%
Arabic 86 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 61,573
Family households: 43,188; 70.1% of households
Married w/ children: 31,691
Single-mother households: 5,433
Veterans: 14,829; 12.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

41.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 28,061 17.4%
Catholic 17,484 10.8%
Mainline Protestant 13,077 8.1%
Black Protestant 4,802 3.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,040 2.5%
Orthodox 120 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.7%
With a disability: 13.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 30.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (At-large Circuit Court judges elected to this circuit; vintage 2026 sccourts.org)
Court seats: Orangeburg, St. George, St. Matthews

Court reference

Traffic safety context

South Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 15; 12.04 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 15

NHTSA FARS 2023