Pickens County, South Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 111,318 82.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,236 5.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 7,685 5.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 2,197 1.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 5,333 4.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 84 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 146 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 630 0.5%

• Under 18 25,021 18.6%
• 18–24 24,075 17.9%
• 25–44 31,023 23.0%
• 45–64 31,184 23.2%
• 65 and over 23,326 17.3%

Median household income

$65,163

90% interval $60,485–$69,841

−$7,344 vs SC · 19th of 46

Below poverty line

15.6%

90% interval 13.5%–17.7%

+2.3 pp vs SC · 29th of 46

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.4%

−0.26 pp vs. state

County GDP

$6.0B

1.69% of state

Avg. annual pay

$55,781

Establishments

2,978

• Trade, transportation & utilities 7,201 17.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 7,148 17.6%
• Education & health services 6,707 16.5%
• Manufacturing 5,473 13.5%
• Professional & business services 2,318 5.7%
• Other services 1,014 2.5%
• Financial activities 963 2.4%
• Public administration 329 0.8%

The sectors listed cover 76.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

70.9%

−1.0 pp vs SC · 33rd of 46

Median gross rent

$972

−$208 vs SC · 17th of 46

Owner-occupied

37,159

Renter-occupied

15,255

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 52% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $73,981/yr) pays 3.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,551/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 45,728 75.6%
• Democratic 13,891 23.0%
• Other / third-party 832 1.4%

• Spanish 4,204 3.3%
• Chinese 388 0.3%
• Korean 233 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 223 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 197 0.2%
• Arabic 180 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 160 0.1%
• Vietnamese 95 0.1%
• Tagalog 78 0.1%

Households

52,414

Family households

32,437

61.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

8,664

26.7% of families

Single-mother families

2,284

7.0% of families

Veterans

6,468

5.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 47,385 36.1%
• Mainline Protestant 8,242 6.3%
• Catholic 4,592 3.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,486 1.1%
• Black Protestant 840 0.6%

Health insured

91.4%

±0.8 pp

Uninsured

8.6%

±0.8 pp

38th of 46

With a disability

15.4%

±0.8 pp

28th of 46

Bachelor's or higher

28.5%

±1.7 pp

−3.6 pp vs SC · 13th of 46

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.0%

90% interval 10.9%–13.1% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

13th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

5 (Resident Circuit Court judgeships authorized for this circuit by S.C. Code Ann. 14-5-610, as amended by 2026 Act No. 154. Authorized seats, not seated judges; South Carolina also elects at-large circuit judges statewide who are not counted in any circuit.)

Court seats

Greenville, Pickens

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

21

19.16 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

20