Jury Pool Profile

Pickens County, South Carolina

Republican +53 (2024)

Population: 132,604
Median household income: $59,411
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 112,772 85.0%
Black or African American alone 8,189 6.2%
Asian alone 2,258 1.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 298 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 34 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,947 2.2%
Two or more races 6,106 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,809 5.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.2

Under 18 24,850 18.7%
18–24 23,742 17.9%
25–44 30,208 22.8%
45–64 31,210 23.5%
65 and over 22,594 17.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; -0.06 pp vs. state
County GDP: $6.0B; 1.69% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,824
Establishments: 2,956

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 7,235 18.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 7,191 18.0%
Education & health services 6,444 16.2%
Manufacturing 5,395 13.5%
Professional & business services 2,101 5.3%
Public administration 1,691 4.2%
Construction 1,456 3.7%
Other services 975 2.4%
Financial activities 927 2.3%
Information 178 0.4%
Natural resources & mining 95 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.5%
Median gross rent: $936
Owner-occupied: 36,250
Renter-occupied: 15,154

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 60,451 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,018 3.2%
Other Indo-European 1,117 0.9%
Chinese 612 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 256 0.2%
German 207 0.2%
Arabic 183 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 175 0.1%
Korean 128 0.1%
Slavic languages 125 0.1%
Tagalog 91 0.1%
Vietnamese 71 0.1%
Other 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 51,404
Family households: 32,301; 62.8% of households
Married w/ children: 25,011
Single-mother households: 2,365
Veterans: 6,363; 5.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.6% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.1%
With a disability: 15.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 27.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 13th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 8 (At-large Circuit Court judges elected to this circuit; vintage 2026 sccourts.org)
Court seats: Greenville, Pickens

Court reference

Traffic safety context

South Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 18; 16.7 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 17

NHTSA FARS 2023