Georgetown County, South Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 42,659 65.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,353 3.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 17,990 27.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 184 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,364 2.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 81 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 13 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 167 0.3%

• Under 18 10,994 17.0%
• 18–24 4,745 7.3%
• 25–44 11,732 18.1%
• 45–64 17,437 26.9%
• 65 and over 19,903 30.7%

Median household income

$67,196

90% interval $61,108–$73,284

−$5,311 vs SC · 17th of 46

Below poverty line

17.4%

90% interval 14.9%–19.9%

+4.1 pp vs SC · 17th of 46

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.5%

+0.78 pp vs. state

County GDP

$4.0B

1.12% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,879

Establishments

2,428

• Leisure & hospitality 5,674 22.8%
• Education & health services 5,339 21.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,675 14.8%
• Professional & business services 2,284 9.2%
• Financial activities 1,911 7.7%
• Manufacturing 1,684 6.8%
• Construction 1,402 5.6%
• Other services 682 2.7%
• Natural resources & mining 394 1.6%
• Public administration 312 1.3%
• Information 124 0.5%

The sectors listed cover 94.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

84.0%

+12.1 pp vs SC · 3rd of 46

Median gross rent

$1,204

+$24 vs SC · 10th of 46

Owner-occupied

22,776

Renter-occupied

4,353

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 59% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $96,710/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $26,784/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 10 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 22,326 59.1%
• Democratic 14,965 39.6%
• Other / third-party 463 1.2%

• Spanish 1,132 1.8%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 168 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 160 0.3%
• Tagalog 81 0.1%
• Vietnamese 57 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 49 0.1%

Households

27,129

Family households

18,884

69.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,780

14.7% of families

Single-mother families

1,161

6.1% of families

Veterans

4,680

8.7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 13,683 21.6%
• Black Protestant 9,417 14.9%
• Mainline Protestant 8,210 12.9%
• Catholic 5,762 9.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,149 3.4%

Health insured

90.2%

±1.4 pp

Uninsured

9.8%

±1.4 pp

26th of 46

With a disability

16.4%

±1.3 pp

25th of 46

Bachelor's or higher

32.8%

±1.8 pp

+0.7 pp vs SC · 8th of 46

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.7%

90% interval 9.6%–11.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

15th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

4 (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

Conway, Georgetown

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

20

37.16 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

19