Jury Pool Profile

Greenwood County, South Carolina

Republican +29 (2024)

Population: 69,329
Median household income: $50,635
Unemployment: 5.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 43,511 62.8%
Black or African American alone 21,709 31.3%
Asian alone 683 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 45 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 2 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,082 1.6%
Two or more races 2,297 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,848 7.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.6

Under 18 15,627 22.5%
18–24 7,069 10.2%
25–44 16,351 23.6%
45–64 17,039 24.6%
65 and over 13,243 19.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.6%; +1.02 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.9B; 1.37% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,318
Establishments: 1,569

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 9,160 33.1%
Manufacturing 5,442 19.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,844 17.5%
Leisure & hospitality 2,916 10.5%
Professional & business services 1,283 4.6%
Public administration 1,268 4.6%
Construction 1,097 4.0%
Financial activities 768 2.8%
Other services 544 2.0%
Natural resources & mining 131 0.5%
Information 88 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 66.2%
Median gross rent: $880
Owner-occupied: 18,370
Renter-occupied: 9,400

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 30,888 votes cast

Republican 19,715 63.8%
Democratic 10,766 34.9%
Other / third-party 407 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,651 4.1%
Korean 124 0.2%
Other Indo-European 121 0.2%
Chinese 120 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 91 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 62 0.1%
Other 37 0.1%
Tagalog 35 0.1%
German 19 0.0%
Slavic languages 13 0.0%
Vietnamese 11 0.0%
Arabic 9 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 27,770
Family households: 16,589; 59.7% of households
Married w/ children: 11,004
Single-mother households: 2,551
Veterans: 3,751; 7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 19,960 28.8%
Mainline Protestant 7,158 10.3%
Catholic 4,085 5.9%
Black Protestant 3,378 4.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,366 2.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.1%
With a disability: 11.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (At-large Circuit Court judges elected to this circuit; vintage 2026 sccourts.org)
Court seats: Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens, Newberry

Court reference

Traffic safety context

South Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 16; 29.79 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 15

NHTSA FARS 2023