Richland County, South Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 166,175 39.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 27,169 6.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 198,097 46.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 12,528 3.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 14,674 3.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 273 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 334 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2,867 0.7%

• Under 18 90,969 21.6%
• 18–24 62,437 14.8%
• 25–44 113,889 27.0%
• 45–64 95,354 22.6%
• 65 and over 59,468 14.1%

Median household income

$66,644

90% interval $63,240–$70,048

−$5,863 vs SC · 18th of 46

Below poverty line

15.8%

90% interval 14.2%–17.4%

+2.5 pp vs SC · 28th of 46

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.7%

−0.05 pp vs. state

County GDP

$37.4B

10.48% of state

Avg. annual pay

$65,125

Establishments

12,738

• Education & health services 56,244 24.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 33,558 14.6%
• Professional & business services 31,817 13.9%
• Public administration 26,930 11.7%
• Financial activities 24,850 10.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 24,678 10.8%
• Manufacturing 12,221 5.3%
• Construction 7,366 3.2%
• Other services 6,870 3.0%
• Information 2,546 1.1%
• Natural resources & mining 828 0.4%
• Unclassified 1 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 99.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

60.3%

−11.6 pp vs SC · 46th of 46

Median gross rent

$1,228

+$48 vs SC · 9th of 46

Owner-occupied

101,223

Renter-occupied

66,738

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 53% 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, $86,104/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $23,986/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 18 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Democratic 121,110 66.4%
• Republican 58,019 31.8%
• Other / third-party 3,282 1.8%

• Spanish 17,044 4.3%
• Korean 1,754 0.4%
• Chinese 1,525 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 1,458 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1,167 0.3%
• Tagalog 1,007 0.3%
• Arabic 943 0.2%
• Vietnamese 851 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 601 0.2%

Households

167,961

Family households

97,273

57.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

23,880

24.5% of families

Single-mother families

14,903

15.3% of families

Veterans

31,245

9.7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 123,107 29.6%
• Mainline Protestant 38,798 9.3%
• Black Protestant 30,432 7.3%
• Catholic 25,888 6.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 16,450 4.0%
• Orthodox 900 0.2%

Health insured

91.3%

±0.6 pp

Uninsured

8.7%

±0.6 pp

36th of 46

With a disability

14.3%

±0.6 pp

36th of 46

Bachelor's or higher

40.7%

±1.1 pp

+8.6 pp vs SC · 4th of 46

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.3%

90% interval 9.4%–11.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

5th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

6 (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

Camden, Columbia

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

63

19.02 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

59