Jury Pool Profile

Marion County, South Carolina

Democratic +10 (2024)

Population: 28,900
Median household income: $34,501
Unemployment: 6.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,117 38.5%
Black or African American alone 16,123 55.8%
Asian alone 45 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 98 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 30 0.1%
Some other race alone 661 2.3%
Two or more races 826 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 753 2.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43

Under 18 6,494 22.5%
18–24 2,221 7.7%
25–44 6,589 22.8%
45–64 7,492 25.9%
65 and over 6,104 21.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.5%; +1.92 pp vs. state
County GDP: $900.7M; 0.25% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,706
Establishments: 469

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,739 24.6%
Education & health services 1,240 17.6%
Manufacturing 754 10.7%
Leisure & hospitality 654 9.3%
Public administration 401 5.7%
Professional & business services 369 5.2%
Financial activities 353 5.0%
Construction 189 2.7%
Natural resources & mining 78 1.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 62.2%
Median gross rent: $663
Owner-occupied: 7,329
Renter-occupied: 4,459

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,388 votes cast

Democratic 7,316 54.6%
Republican 5,906 44.1%
Other / third-party 166 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 761 2.8%
Vietnamese 42 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 26 0.1%
Other Indo-European 21 0.1%
Other 20 0.1%
German 17 0.1%
Slavic languages 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 11,788
Family households: 6,595; 55.9% of households
Married w/ children: 3,147
Single-mother households: 1,370
Veterans: 1,323; 5.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

64.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,403 28.8%
Black Protestant 6,040 20.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,294 7.9%
Mainline Protestant 1,808 6.2%
Catholic 311 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.2%
With a disability: 17.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 12th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (At-large Circuit Court judges elected to this circuit; vintage 2026 sccourts.org)
Court seats: Florence, Marion

Court reference

Traffic safety context

South Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 13; 58.02 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023