Jury Pool Profile
Newberry County, South Carolina
Republican +34 (2024)
- Population
- 38,121
- Median household income
- $59,670
- Unemployment
- 4.6%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 23,394 61.4%
- Black or African American alone 11,139 29.2%
- Asian alone 180 0.5%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 86 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 1,320 3.5%
- Two or more races 2,002 5.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,403 8.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 42
- Under 18 8,274 21.7%
- 18–24 3,808 10.0%
- 25–44 8,407 22.1%
- 45–64 10,039 26.3%
- 65 and over 7,593 19.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.6%
- -0.02 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $2.0B
- 0.57% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $49,024
- Establishments
- 928
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Manufacturing 4,645 32.3%
- Education & health services 2,753 19.2%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 2,162 15.0%
- Leisure & hospitality 1,170 8.1%
- Professional & business services 930 6.5%
- Construction 808 5.6%
- Public administration 551 3.8%
- Natural resources & mining 453 3.2%
- Financial activities 273 1.9%
- Other services 216 1.5%
- Information 28 0.2%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 73.4%
- Median gross rent
- $854
- Owner-occupied
- 11,172
- Renter-occupied
- 4,048
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 18,129 votes cast
- Republican 12,067 66.6%
- Democratic 5,841 32.2%
- Other / third-party 221 1.2%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
90.7% speak only English at home
- Spanish 2,490 6.9%
- Other Indo-European 576 1.6%
- Arabic 121 0.3%
- Other 69 0.2%
- French (incl. Cajun) 66 0.2%
- German 29 0.1%
- Korean 2 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 15,220
- Family households
- 10,369
- 68.1% of households
- Married w/ children
- 7,298
- Single-mother households
- 1,306
- Veterans
- 2,019
- 6.8% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
51.2% overall adherence rate
- Mainline Protestant 8,561 22.7%
- Evangelical Protestant 5,065 13.4%
- Black Protestant 3,338 8.8%
- Catholic 1,208 3.2%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,134 3.0%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 91.5%
- With a disability
- 16.5%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 23.5%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 8th Judicial Circuit Court
- Judges
- 3 (At-large Circuit Court judges elected to this circuit; vintage 2026 sccourts.org)
- Court seats
- Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens, Newberry
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
South Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 9
- 30.15 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 9
NHTSA FARS 2023