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Jury Pool Profile

Greenville County, South Carolina

Republican +22 (2024)
Population
537,575
Median household income
$74,624
Unemployment
4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 366,669 68.2%
  • Black or African American alone 90,203 16.8%
  • Asian alone 13,318 2.5%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,845 0.3%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 468 0.1%
  • Some other race alone 22,959 4.3%
  • Two or more races 42,113 7.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 60,182 11.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.5

  • Under 18 124,120 23.1%
  • 18–24 45,799 8.5%
  • 25–44 145,186 27.0%
  • 45–64 134,306 25.0%
  • 65 and over 88,164 16.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.1%
-0.49 pp vs. state
County GDP
$48.7B
13.65% of state
Avg. annual pay
$63,216
Establishments
20,298

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 63,906 21.5%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 57,587 19.4%
  • Professional & business services 56,489 19.0%
  • Leisure & hospitality 33,150 11.2%
  • Manufacturing 31,239 10.5%
  • Construction 16,781 5.7%
  • Financial activities 16,592 5.6%
  • Other services 7,929 2.7%
  • Public administration 7,662 2.6%
  • Information 4,691 1.6%
  • Natural resources & mining 294 0.1%
  • Unclassified 5 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
68.8%
Median gross rent
$1,198
Owner-occupied
148,365
Renter-occupied
67,409

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Largest employers

Principal employers by headcount

# Employer Sector Employees
1 Prisma Health (Prisma Health Upstate) Healthcare 10,000*
2 Greenville County Schools (School District of Greenville County) Education 10,000*
3 Michelin North America Manufacturing 7,120
4 Bon Secours St. Francis Health System Healthcare 3,500*
5 Duke Energy Corp. Utilities 3,500*
6 Greenville County Government (Greenville County Council) Government 3,500*
7 State of South Carolina Government 3,500*
8 GE Power (GE Gas Turbines Greenville) Manufacturing 1,750*
9 Fluor Corporation Engineering/Construction 1,750*
10 TD Bank Financial Services 1,750*
11 Verizon Wireless Telecommunications 1,750*
12 Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Aerospace/Defense 1,600*

* Headcount is an estimate.

Source: Greenville Area Development Corporation (GADC) — Greenville County's official economic development agency — "Major Employers" list (county-scoped, employee ranges + sectors), cross-validated against the South Carolina Department of Employment & Workforce (SC DEW) "20 Largest Employers" QCEW list in the Greenville County Community Profile (lmi.sc.gov, updated 5/22/2026). (2025)

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 263,316 votes cast

  • Republican 158,541 60.2%
  • Democratic 100,074 38.0%
  • Other / third-party 4,701 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

87.2% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 43,783 8.7%
  • Other Indo-European 5,219 1.0%
  • German 2,610 0.5%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 2,571 0.5%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 1,857 0.4%
  • Vietnamese 1,688 0.3%
  • Chinese 1,547 0.3%
  • Slavic languages 1,414 0.3%
  • Other 1,188 0.2%
  • Tagalog 1,064 0.2%
  • Arabic 956 0.2%
  • Korean 671 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
215,774
Family households
141,761
65.7% of households
Married w/ children
105,058
Single-mother households
13,808
Veterans
28,568
6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

59.4% overall adherence rate

  • 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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
89.9%
With a disability
12.4%
Bachelor's or higher
40.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
13th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges
8 (At-large Circuit Court judges elected to this circuit; vintage 2026 sccourts.org)
Court seats
Greenville, Pickens

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

South Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
75
18.14 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
71

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Greenville County, South Carolina to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.