Jury Pool Profile
Orangeburg County, South Carolina
- County seat
- Orangeburg
- Judicial district
- 1st Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 83,177
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 83,253.
At a glance
Orangeburg County is an 83,177-person venue. The county population is 34% White and 61% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $52,964, $19,543 below the SC state median of $72,507; 19.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 3.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 24.9% of covered employment, average pay $45,311/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 6.5%, above the 4.7% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 62% to 68% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 83,253
- Median household income
- $45,675
- Unemployment
- 6.5%
Who sits on a jury?
≥50% Black (Census race-alone). This county: 61%.
Orangeburg County has a population of 83,253, with a median age of 40.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 34.0%; Black residents 60.8%. Independently, 2.7% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $52,964; 19.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 21.0% 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: Education & health services about 7,320, Trade, transportation & utilities about 6,880.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 24.9% of covered employment, followed by Manufacturing at 12.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 6.5%, above the South Carolina state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 65%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Orangeburg County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 61.8% in 2024, 66.2% in 2020, 67.6% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 61% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 3.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
3.8% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun, Arabic. Veterans account for 6.2% of the adult civilian population (4,023 individuals).