Kershaw County, South Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 44,979 65.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,057 5.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 16,195 23.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 474 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,463 3.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 97 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 6 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 43 0.1%

• Under 18 15,860 23.2%
• 18–24 4,958 7.3%
• 25–44 16,824 24.6%
• 45–64 17,748 26.0%
• 65 and over 12,924 18.9%

Median household income

$73,494

90% interval $67,227–$79,761

+$987 vs SC · 10th of 46

Below poverty line

12.2%

90% interval 9.9%–14.5%

−1.1 pp vs SC · 38th of 46

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.5%

−0.15 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.4B

0.96% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,752

Establishments

1,584

• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,299 23.1%
• Education & health services 2,537 13.7%
• Manufacturing 2,193 11.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,981 10.7%
• Professional & business services 1,434 7.7%
• Construction 1,052 5.7%
• Public administration 888 4.8%
• Financial activities 621 3.3%
• Other services 513 2.8%
• Natural resources & mining 504 2.7%
• Information 68 0.4%

The sectors listed cover 86.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

82.0%

+10.1 pp vs SC · 5th of 46

Median gross rent

$971

−$209 vs SC · 18th of 46

Owner-occupied

22,066

Renter-occupied

4,831

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 49% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $73,344/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,050/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 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 21,289 63.5%
• Democratic 11,826 35.3%
• Other / third-party 418 1.2%

• Spanish 2,814 4.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 94 0.1%
• Tagalog 65 0.1%
• Vietnamese 62 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 48 0.1%
• Korean 17 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 11 0.0%
• Arabic 9 0.0%

Households

26,897

Family households

18,803

69.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

5,115

27.2% of families

Single-mother families

1,579

8.4% of families

Veterans

5,243

10.1% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 19,634 30.0%
• Mainline Protestant 4,635 7.1%
• Catholic 3,073 4.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,585 4.0%
• Black Protestant 1,993 3.0%

Health insured

91.4%

±1.2 pp

Uninsured

8.6%

±1.2 pp

37th of 46

With a disability

16.5%

±1.2 pp

24th of 46

Bachelor's or higher

24.0%

±1.5 pp

−8.1 pp vs SC · 21st of 46

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.1%

90% interval 9.1%–11.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

5th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

6 (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

Camden, Columbia

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

10

19.06 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

10