Lexington County, South Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 214,367 70.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 24,118 7.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 46,071 15.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 6,636 2.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 11,693 3.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 300 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 28 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,674 0.5%

• Under 18 70,033 23.0%
• 18–24 23,051 7.6%
• 25–44 80,311 26.3%
• 45–64 79,403 26.0%
• 65 and over 52,089 17.1%

Median household income

$78,712

90% interval $75,886–$81,538

+$6,205 vs SC · 8th of 46

Below poverty line

11.3%

90% interval 9.9%–12.7%

−2.0 pp vs SC · 39th of 46

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

−0.75 pp vs. state

County GDP

$19.8B

5.53% of state

Avg. annual pay

$58,208

Establishments

8,953

• Trade, transportation & utilities 35,336 26.3%
• Education & health services 31,343 23.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 13,747 10.2%
• Professional & business services 13,544 10.1%
• Manufacturing 12,745 9.5%
• Other services 4,580 3.4%
• Financial activities 4,518 3.4%
• Public administration 336 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 86.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

77.4%

+5.5 pp vs SC · 10th of 46

Median gross rent

$1,178

−$2 vs SC · 11th of 46

Owner-occupied

94,401

Renter-occupied

27,563

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $109,329/yr) pays 4.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,372/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 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 96,965 66.0%
• Democratic 47,815 32.5%
• Other / third-party 2,123 1.4%

• Spanish 16,613 5.8%
• Chinese 1,000 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 886 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 860 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 792 0.3%
• Arabic 451 0.2%
• Tagalog 367 0.1%
• Vietnamese 136 0.0%
• Korean 127 0.0%

Households

121,964

Family households

82,536

67.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

24,418

29.6% of families

Single-mother families

7,364

8.9% of families

Veterans

21,040

9% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

91.3%

±0.4 pp

Uninsured

8.7%

±0.4 pp

35th of 46

With a disability

14.1%

±0.5 pp

38th of 46

Bachelor's or higher

34.1%

+2.0 pp vs SC · 6th of 46

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.8%

90% interval 10.0%–11.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

11th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

3 (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

Edgefield, Lexington, McCormick, Saluda

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

54

22.99 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

52