Jury Pool Profile

Orangeburg County, South Carolina

Democratic +25 (2024)

Population: 83,531
Median household income: $43,214
Unemployment: 6.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 28,678 34.3%
Black or African American alone 51,467 61.6%
Asian alone 669 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 291 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 9 0.0%
Some other race alone 632 0.8%
Two or more races 1,785 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,100 2.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.8

Under 18 18,054 21.6%
18–24 8,985 10.8%
25–44 18,310 21.9%
45–64 20,955 25.1%
65 and over 17,227 20.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.7%; +2.07 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.0B; 1.12% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,283
Establishments: 1,850

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 7,343 26.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 6,756 24.3%
Manufacturing 4,380 15.7%
Leisure & hospitality 3,380 12.1%
Professional & business services 1,656 5.9%
Construction 858 3.1%
Financial activities 634 2.3%
Other services 446 1.6%
Natural resources & mining 421 1.5%
Information 118 0.4%
Public administration 65 0.2%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.9%
Median gross rent: $804
Owner-occupied: 21,670
Renter-occupied: 11,210

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 36,970 votes cast

Democratic 22,832 61.8%
Republican 13,750 37.2%
Other / third-party 388 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,775 2.2%
Other 362 0.5%
Other Indo-European 241 0.3%
Arabic 233 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 217 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 89 0.1%
Vietnamese 88 0.1%
Tagalog 86 0.1%
Korean 31 0.0%
Slavic languages 16 0.0%
German 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 32,880
Family households: 20,104; 61.1% of households
Married w/ children: 11,272
Single-mother households: 3,616
Veterans: 4,191; 6.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

64.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 29,003 34.4%
Mainline Protestant 10,227 12.1%
Black Protestant 8,814 10.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,756 5.6%
Catholic 1,739 2.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.1%
With a disability: 14.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (At-large Circuit Court judges elected to this circuit; vintage 2026 sccourts.org)
Court seats: Orangeburg, St. George, St. Matthews

Court reference

Traffic safety context

South Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 37; 56.51 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 34

NHTSA FARS 2023