Jury Pool Profile

Kershaw County, South Carolina

Republican +28 (2024)

Population: 66,924
Median household income: $64,343
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 45,304 67.7%
Black or African American alone 15,687 23.4%
Asian alone 317 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 114 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 70 0.1%
Some other race alone 2,490 3.7%
Two or more races 2,942 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,744 5.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.3

Under 18 15,557 23.2%
18–24 4,952 7.4%
25–44 16,170 24.2%
45–64 17,604 26.3%
65 and over 12,641 18.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +0 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.4B; 0.96% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,084
Establishments: 1,568

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 4,334 23.6%
Manufacturing 2,266 12.4%
Education & health services 2,222 12.1%
Leisure & hospitality 1,967 10.7%
Professional & business services 1,469 8.0%
Construction 1,084 5.9%
Public administration 866 4.7%
Financial activities 608 3.3%
Natural resources & mining 552 3.0%
Other services 501 2.7%
Information 71 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.7%
Median gross rent: $872
Owner-occupied: 21,129
Renter-occupied: 4,748

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 33,533 votes cast

Republican 21,289 63.5%
Democratic 11,826 35.3%
Other / third-party 418 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,106 4.9%
French (incl. Cajun) 107 0.2%
German 97 0.2%
Other Indo-European 93 0.1%
Korean 83 0.1%
Vietnamese 56 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 56 0.1%
Tagalog 49 0.1%
Other 6 0.0%
Slavic languages 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 25,877
Family households: 18,034; 69.7% of households
Married w/ children: 13,641
Single-mother households: 1,550
Veterans: 5,128; 10.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.8% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.1%
With a disability: 16.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 6 (At-large Circuit Court judges elected to this circuit; vintage 2026 sccourts.org)
Court seats: Camden, Columbia

Court reference

Traffic safety context

South Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 11; 21.41 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023