Jury Pool Profile

Lee County, South Carolina

Democratic +18 (2024)

Population: 16,330
Median household income: $44,145
Unemployment: 6.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,545 34.0%
Black or African American alone 10,180 62.3%
Asian alone 24 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 12 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 19 0.1%
Some other race alone 183 1.1%
Two or more races 367 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 379 2.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.8

Under 18 3,079 18.9%
18–24 1,495 9.2%
25–44 4,179 25.6%
45–64 4,295 26.3%
65 and over 3,282 20.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.2%; +1.64 pp vs. state
County GDP: $507.3M; 0.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,604
Establishments: 310

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,057 28.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 691 18.8%
Manufacturing 432 11.8%
Public administration 301 8.2%
Professional & business services 247 6.7%
Leisure & hospitality 241 6.6%
Other services 219 6.0%
Natural resources & mining 65 1.8%
Construction 40 1.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.5%
Median gross rent: $806
Owner-occupied: 4,623
Renter-occupied: 1,671

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,076 votes cast

Democratic 4,505 55.8%
Republican 3,078 38.1%
Other / third-party 493 6.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 376 2.4%
Other 147 0.9%
German 33 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 11 0.1%
Other Indo-European 5 0.0%
Tagalog 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,294
Family households: 3,787; 60.2% of households
Married w/ children: 2,382
Single-mother households: 460
Veterans: 868; 6.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

55.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,706 22.4%
Black Protestant 2,750 16.6%
Mainline Protestant 2,014 12.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 647 3.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.7%
With a disability: 17.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (At-large Circuit Court judges elected to this circuit; vintage 2026 sccourts.org)
Court seats: Bishopville, Kingstree, Manning, Sumter

Court reference

Traffic safety context

South Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 37.73 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023