Jury Pool Profile

Florence County, South Carolina

Republican +8 (2024)

Population: 136,921
Median household income: $56,650
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 69,090 50.5%
Black or African American alone 58,857 43.0%
Asian alone 2,137 1.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 216 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 21 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,268 1.7%
Two or more races 4,332 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,391 3.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.2

Under 18 32,439 23.7%
18–24 11,859 8.7%
25–44 33,883 24.7%
45–64 34,464 25.2%
65 and over 24,276 17.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +0.32 pp vs. state
County GDP: $10.0B; 2.8% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,861
Establishments: 3,740

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 20,227 29.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 14,939 21.7%
Leisure & hospitality 8,025 11.7%
Manufacturing 7,773 11.3%
Professional & business services 7,739 11.2%
Public administration 3,306 4.8%
Financial activities 2,307 3.4%
Construction 1,908 2.8%
Other services 1,593 2.3%
Information 533 0.8%
Natural resources & mining 200 0.3%
Unclassified 2 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 64.5%
Median gross rent: $908
Owner-occupied: 33,897
Renter-occupied: 18,625

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 61,140 votes cast

Republican 32,615 53.3%
Democratic 27,706 45.3%
Other / third-party 819 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,067 2.4%
Other Indo-European 613 0.5%
Chinese 284 0.2%
Slavic languages 260 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 221 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 187 0.1%
German 185 0.1%
Other 172 0.1%
Vietnamese 167 0.1%
Korean 163 0.1%
Tagalog 96 0.1%
Arabic 31 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 52,522
Family households: 33,311; 63.4% of households
Married w/ children: 22,244
Single-mother households: 4,111
Veterans: 7,635; 7.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

52.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 40,054 29.2%
Black Protestant 11,636 8.5%
Mainline Protestant 9,564 7.0%
Catholic 5,443 4.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,404 3.2%
Orthodox 200 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.0%
With a disability: 13.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 12th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (At-large Circuit Court judges elected to this circuit; vintage 2026 sccourts.org)
Court seats: Florence, Marion

Court reference

Traffic safety context

South Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 30; 28.71 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 28

NHTSA FARS 2023