Jury Pool Profile

Marlboro County, South Carolina

Democratic +2 (2024)

Population: 26,285
Median household income: $36,293
Unemployment: 7.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 10,180 38.7%
Black or African American alone 12,956 49.3%
Asian alone 99 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 909 3.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 516 2.0%
Two or more races 1,625 6.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 701 2.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.2

Under 18 5,278 20.1%
18–24 2,083 7.9%
25–44 6,952 26.4%
45–64 7,071 26.9%
65 and over 4,901 18.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 7.8%; +3.19 pp vs. state
County GDP: $965.2M; 0.27% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,857
Establishments: 334

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,389 24.8%
Education & health services 1,366 24.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,084 19.4%
Public administration 704 12.6%
Leisure & hospitality 262 4.7%
Financial activities 124 2.2%
Professional & business services 122 2.2%
Construction 70 1.3%
Natural resources & mining 58 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 63.0%
Median gross rent: $686
Owner-occupied: 6,129
Renter-occupied: 3,600

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,152 votes cast

Democratic 5,137 50.6%
Republican 4,896 48.2%
Other / third-party 119 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 500 2.0%
Korean 50 0.2%
Other Indo-European 23 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 15 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 10 0.0%
Other 10 0.0%
German 7 0.0%
Slavic languages 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,729
Family households: 4,959; 51.0% of households
Married w/ children: 2,938
Single-mother households: 590
Veterans: 1,348; 6.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

42.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,567 20.9%
Mainline Protestant 2,701 10.1%
Black Protestant 2,296 8.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 438 1.6%
Catholic 240 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.9%
With a disability: 18.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 8.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 4th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (At-large Circuit Court judges elected to this circuit; vintage 2026 sccourts.org)
Court seats: Bennettsville, Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon

Court reference

Traffic safety context

South Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 10; 47.6 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023