Jury Pool Profile

Horry County, South Carolina

Republican +38 (2024)

Population: 368,937
Median household income: $64,623
Unemployment: 5.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 286,993 77.8%
Black or African American alone 43,726 11.9%
Asian alone 4,986 1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 693 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 320 0.1%
Some other race alone 8,719 2.4%
Two or more races 23,500 6.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 25,961 7.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.2

Under 18 63,618 17.2%
18–24 28,488 7.7%
25–44 79,131 21.4%
45–64 102,833 27.9%
65 and over 94,867 25.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.4%; +0.77 pp vs. state
County GDP: $22.8B; 6.38% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,046
Establishments: 12,484

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 36,303 25.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 32,772 22.7%
Education & health services 28,311 19.6%
Professional & business services 14,001 9.7%
Construction 9,218 6.4%
Financial activities 7,661 5.3%
Other services 3,752 2.6%
Manufacturing 3,398 2.4%
Information 1,708 1.2%
Public administration 1,249 0.9%
Natural resources & mining 281 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.8%
Median gross rent: $1,181
Owner-occupied: 114,026
Renter-occupied: 36,316

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Largest employers

Principal employers by headcount

#	Employer	Sector	Employees
1	Horry County School District	Education	6,400
2	Coastal Carolina University	Higher Education	2,700
3	Horry County Government	Government	2,650
4	Conway Medical Center	Healthcare	1,800
5	McLeod Loris Seacoast Hospital (McLeod Seacoast)	Healthcare	1,700
6	Grand Strand Regional Medical Center	Healthcare	1,300
7	City of Myrtle Beach	Government	1,050
8	Kyocera AVX	Manufacturing	1,000
9	Horry Telephone Cooperative (HTC)	Telecommunications	650
10	Apollo Valves / Conbraco Industries	Manufacturing	425
11	Walmart	Retail	2,800*
12	Food Lion	Retail	1,150*

* Headcount is an estimate.

Source: Myrtle Beach Regional Economic Development Corporation (MBREDC) — Top Employers; corroborated by SC Department of Employment & Workforce, Community Profiles: Horry County (QCEW, updated 5/22/2026) (2026)

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 205,954 votes cast

Republican 141,719 68.8%
Democratic 62,325 30.3%
Other / third-party 1,910 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 19,694 5.6%
Other Indo-European 3,075 0.9%
Slavic languages 1,756 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 956 0.3%
German 906 0.3%
Vietnamese 865 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 784 0.2%
Other 775 0.2%
Tagalog 589 0.2%
Arabic 304 0.1%
Chinese 282 0.1%
Korean 180 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 150,342
Family households: 97,093; 64.6% of households
Married w/ children: 74,014
Single-mother households: 8,899
Veterans: 28,256; 9.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 76,314 21.7%
Catholic 49,113 14.0%
Mainline Protestant 13,777 3.9%
Black Protestant 11,918 3.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 6,000 1.7%
Orthodox 824 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.6%
With a disability: 18.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 26.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 15th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (At-large Circuit Court judges elected to this circuit; vintage 2026 sccourts.org)
Court seats: Conway, Georgetown

Court reference

Traffic safety context

South Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 66; 21.62 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 64

NHTSA FARS 2023