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Jury Pool Profile

Lexington County, South Carolina

Republican +34 (2024)
Population
300,370
Median household income
$75,014
Unemployment
4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 220,420 73.4%
  • Black or African American alone 44,926 15.0%
  • Asian alone 6,438 2.1%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 759 0.3%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 196 0.1%
  • Some other race alone 7,386 2.5%
  • Two or more races 20,245 6.7%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 22,831 7.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.7

  • Under 18 69,460 23.1%
  • 18–24 22,580 7.5%
  • 25–44 79,086 26.3%
  • 45–64 79,040 26.3%
  • 65 and over 50,204 16.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.0%
-0.61 pp vs. state
County GDP
$19.8B
5.53% of state
Avg. annual pay
$56,005
Establishments
8,854

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 35,293 26.6%
  • Education & health services 29,951 22.6%
  • Professional & business services 13,735 10.4%
  • Leisure & hospitality 13,532 10.2%
  • Manufacturing 12,593 9.5%
  • Construction 8,005 6.0%
  • Public administration 5,533 4.2%
  • Other services 4,946 3.7%
  • Financial activities 4,708 3.6%
  • Information 1,806 1.4%
  • Natural resources & mining 797 0.6%
  • Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
76.9%
Median gross rent
$1,115
Owner-occupied
92,829
Renter-occupied
27,960

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 146,903 votes cast

  • Republican 96,965 66.0%
  • Democratic 47,815 32.5%
  • Other / third-party 2,123 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.9% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 15,997 5.6%
  • Other Indo-European 2,495 0.9%
  • Other 1,485 0.5%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 1,394 0.5%
  • Slavic languages 918 0.3%
  • Chinese 885 0.3%
  • German 751 0.3%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 617 0.2%
  • Arabic 465 0.2%
  • Tagalog 337 0.1%
  • Korean 174 0.1%
  • Vietnamese 152 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
120,789
Family households
81,243
67.3% of households
Married w/ children
60,647
Single-mother households
7,459
Veterans
21,666
9.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

52.9% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 75,591 25.7%
  • Mainline Protestant 39,116 13.3%
  • Catholic 25,067 8.5%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 8,129 2.8%
  • Black Protestant 7,280 2.5%
  • Orthodox 240 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
91.0%
With a disability
13.6%
Bachelor's or higher
33.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
11th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges
4 (At-large Circuit Court judges elected to this circuit; vintage 2026 sccourts.org)
Court seats
Edgefield, Lexington, McCormick, Saluda

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

South Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
47
20.35 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
46

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Lexington County, South Carolina to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.