Jury Pool Profile

Lancaster County, South Carolina

Republican +25 (2024)

Population: 100,905
Median household income: $74,751
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 70,990 70.4%
Black or African American alone 19,569 19.4%
Asian alone 2,478 2.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 136 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,021 2.0%
Two or more races 5,711 5.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,062 7.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.2

Under 18 21,807 21.6%
18–24 6,223 6.2%
25–44 25,483 25.3%
45–64 25,693 25.5%
65 and over 21,699 21.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +0.28 pp vs. state
County GDP: $5.3B; 1.47% of state
Avg. annual pay: $64,550
Establishments: 2,236

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 5,444 19.4%
Professional & business services 5,437 19.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,030 17.9%
Manufacturing 2,784 9.9%
Leisure & hospitality 2,390 8.5%
Financial activities 1,362 4.8%
Public administration 1,089 3.9%
Construction 993 3.5%
Natural resources & mining 843 3.0%
Other services 681 2.4%
Information 447 1.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.3%
Median gross rent: $892
Owner-occupied: 32,646
Renter-occupied: 6,558

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 54,427 votes cast

Republican 33,623 61.8%
Democratic 20,146 37.0%
Other / third-party 658 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 5,729 6.0%
Other Indo-European 1,374 1.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 430 0.5%
Slavic languages 259 0.3%
Korean 232 0.2%
German 224 0.2%
Chinese 170 0.2%
Arabic 117 0.1%
Vietnamese 79 0.1%
Other 76 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 74 0.1%
Tagalog 14 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 39,204
Family households: 27,240; 69.5% of households
Married w/ children: 21,383
Single-mother households: 2,404
Veterans: 5,907; 7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 25,097 26.1%
Catholic 6,457 6.7%
Mainline Protestant 5,841 6.1%
Black Protestant 5,714 6.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,278 2.4%
Orthodox 240 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.7%
With a disability: 14.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 31.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 6th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 2 (At-large Circuit Court judges elected to this circuit; vintage 2026 sccourts.org)
Court seats: Chester, Lancaster, Winnsboro

Court reference

Traffic safety context

South Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 15; 18.96 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 13

NHTSA FARS 2023