Jury Pool Profile

Oconee County, South Carolina

Republican +52 (2024)

Population: 79,566
Median household income: $60,193
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 67,416 84.7%
Black or African American alone 5,398 6.8%
Asian alone 639 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 74 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 16 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,446 3.1%
Two or more races 3,577 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,642 5.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.7

Under 18 15,402 19.4%
18–24 5,613 7.1%
25–44 17,227 21.7%
45–64 22,060 27.7%
65 and over 19,264 24.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; -0.12 pp vs. state
County GDP: $5.2B; 1.47% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,970
Establishments: 2,024

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 6,128 24.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,363 21.0%
Education & health services 4,771 18.7%
Leisure & hospitality 2,454 9.6%
Professional & business services 2,005 7.9%
Construction 1,512 5.9%
Public administration 973 3.8%
Financial activities 819 3.2%
Other services 696 2.7%
Information 320 1.3%
Natural resources & mining 118 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.4%
Median gross rent: $876
Owner-occupied: 25,380
Renter-occupied: 8,273

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 42,264 votes cast

Republican 31,772 75.2%
Democratic 9,987 23.6%
Other / third-party 505 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,994 3.9%
Other Indo-European 280 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 258 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 129 0.2%
German 118 0.2%
Tagalog 64 0.1%
Korean 41 0.1%
Chinese 29 0.0%
Slavic languages 19 0.0%
Vietnamese 17 0.0%
Arabic 11 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 33,653
Family households: 23,053; 68.5% of households
Married w/ children: 17,508
Single-mother households: 1,982
Veterans: 5,072; 7.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

55.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 31,515 40.1%
Catholic 6,545 8.3%
Mainline Protestant 3,311 4.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,277 1.6%
Black Protestant 550 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.6%
With a disability: 18.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 28.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 10th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (At-large Circuit Court judges elected to this circuit; vintage 2026 sccourts.org)
Court seats: Anderson, Walhalla

Court reference

Traffic safety context

South Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 13; 20.26 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 13

NHTSA FARS 2023