Saluda County, South Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 10,931 57.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,275 17.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 4,063 21.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 71 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 581 3.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 7 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 203 1.1%

• Under 18 4,196 21.9%
• 18–24 1,506 7.9%
• 25–44 4,333 22.6%
• 45–64 5,156 27.0%
• 65 and over 3,940 20.6%

Median household income

$61,432

90% interval $54,192–$68,672

−$11,075 vs SC · 22nd of 46

Below poverty line

15.1%

90% interval 11.5%–18.7%

+1.8 pp vs SC · 30th of 46

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

−0.73 pp vs. state

County GDP

$643.2M

0.18% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,010

Establishments

304

• Manufacturing 1,711 37.7%
• Education & health services 913 20.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 434 9.6%
• Natural resources & mining 426 9.4%
• Public administration 241 5.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 190 4.2%
• Construction 139 3.1%
• Professional & business services 102 2.2%

The sectors listed cover 91.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

78.7%

+6.8 pp vs SC · 7th of 46

Median gross rent

$851

−$329 vs SC · 30th of 46

Owner-occupied

6,035

Renter-occupied

1,635

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 67% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $57,374/yr) pays 2.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,545/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 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 6,452 71.6%
• Democratic 2,454 27.2%
• Other / third-party 108 1.2%

• Spanish 2,743 15.2%
• German or other West Germanic 58 0.3%
• Tagalog 41 0.2%
• Chinese 12 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 9 0.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 7 0.0%

Households

7,670

Family households

5,563

72.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,459

26.2% of families

Single-mother families

465

8.4% of families

Veterans

1,033

6.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 4,830 25.6%
• Mainline Protestant 2,230 11.8%
• Black Protestant 1,108 5.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 689 3.7%
• Catholic 528 2.8%

Health insured

82.1%

±2.2 pp

Uninsured

17.9%

±2.2 pp

1st of 46

With a disability

16.8%

±1.9 pp

21st of 46

Bachelor's or higher

20.4%

±2.8 pp

−11.7 pp vs SC · 27th of 46

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

16.2%

90% interval 14.5%–17.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

11th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

3 (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

Edgefield, Lexington, McCormick, Saluda

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

8

53.57 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7