Greenville County, South Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 357,627 65.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 63,570 11.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 83,676 15.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 13,609 2.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 25,522 4.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1,163 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 135 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2,864 0.5%

• Under 18 125,442 22.9%
• 18–24 46,850 8.5%
• 25–44 148,742 27.1%
• 45–64 135,448 24.7%
• 65 and over 91,684 16.7%

Median household income

$82,531

90% interval $80,670–$84,392

+$10,024 vs SC · 7th of 46

Below poverty line

9.9%

90% interval 8.7%–11.1%

−3.4 pp vs SC · 42nd of 46

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

−0.71 pp vs. state

County GDP

$48.7B

13.65% of state

Avg. annual pay

$65,967

Establishments

20,563

• Education & health services 67,017 22.2%
• Professional & business services 58,196 19.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 56,019 18.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 34,119 11.3%
• Manufacturing 30,903 10.2%
• Construction 18,515 6.1%
• Financial activities 16,440 5.4%
• Other services 7,994 2.6%
• Public administration 7,792 2.6%
• Information 4,109 1.4%
• Natural resources & mining 307 0.1%
• Unclassified 3 0.0%

Home ownership

68.9%

−3.0 pp vs SC · 36th of 46

Median gross rent

$1,262

+$82 vs SC · 7th of 46

Owner-occupied

152,025

Renter-occupied

68,540

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% 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 (Financial activities, $94,861/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $26,065/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 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 158,541 60.2%
• Democratic 100,074 38.0%
• Other / third-party 4,701 1.8%

• Spanish 44,548 8.6%
• German or other West Germanic 2,586 0.5%
• Chinese 2,218 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1,803 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1,405 0.3%
• Vietnamese 1,176 0.2%
• Arabic 1,057 0.2%
• Tagalog 1,001 0.2%
• Korean 566 0.1%

Households

220,565

Family households

144,326

65.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

42,787

29.6% of families

Single-mother families

13,532

9.4% of families

Veterans

27,985

6.6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 180,097 34.3%
• Catholic 59,961 11.4%
• Mainline Protestant 38,475 7.3%
• Black Protestant 19,042 3.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 11,642 2.2%
• Orthodox 2,821 0.5%

Health insured

90.0%

±0.5 pp

Uninsured

10.0%

±0.5 pp

25th of 46

With a disability

12.4%

±0.4 pp

43rd of 46

Bachelor's or higher

41.3%

±1 pp

+9.2 pp vs SC · 3rd of 46

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.5%

90% interval 10.7%–12.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

13th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

5 (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

Greenville, Pickens

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

94

22.24 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

82