Jury Pool Profile
Oconee County, South Carolina
- County seat
- Walhalla
- Judicial district
- 10th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 83,775
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 80,469.
At a glance
Oconee County is an 83,775-person venue. The county population is 84% White and 5% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $69,144, $3,363 below the SC state median of $72,507; 28.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 5.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Manufacturing, at 24.1% of covered employment, average pay $71,691/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.38%, below the 4.7% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 72% to 75% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 80,469
- Median household income
- $62,388
- Unemployment
- 4.4%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 84% / 5%.
Oconee County has a population of 80,469, with a median age of 47.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 84.2%; Black residents 5.3%. Independently, 6.2% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $69,144; 28.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 16.1% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Manufacturing about 6,240, Trade, transportation & utilities about 5,550.
Manufacturing is the largest published sector at 24.1% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 21.1%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.38%, below the South Carolina state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 73%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Oconee County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 75.2% in 2024, 73.0% in 2020, 71.9% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 70% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 5.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
5.1% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 8.1% of the adult civilian population (5,245 individuals).