Jury Pool Profile
Saluda County, South Carolina
Republican +44 (2024)
- Population
- 18,958
- Median household income
- $52,957
- Unemployment
- 4.0%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 11,205 59.1%
- Black or African American alone 4,194 22.1%
- Asian alone 52 0.3%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 185 1.0%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 4 0.0%
- Some other race alone 908 4.8%
- Two or more races 2,410 12.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,144 16.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 43
- Under 18 4,146 21.9%
- 18–24 1,482 7.8%
- 25–44 4,208 22.2%
- 45–64 5,303 28.0%
- 65 and over 3,819 20.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.0%
- -0.6 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $643.2M
- 0.18% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $46,825
- Establishments
- 300
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Manufacturing 1,843 38.9%
- Education & health services 940 19.9%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 468 9.9%
- Natural resources & mining 408 8.6%
- Leisure & hospitality 253 5.3%
- Public administration 236 5.0%
- Construction 128 2.7%
- Professional & business services 86 1.8%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 78.1%
- Median gross rent
- $814
- Owner-occupied
- 5,862
- Renter-occupied
- 1,645
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 9,014 votes cast
- Republican 6,452 71.6%
- Democratic 2,454 27.2%
- Other / third-party 108 1.2%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
83.3% speak only English at home
- Spanish 2,661 14.9%
- Other Indo-European 176 1.0%
- Tagalog 52 0.3%
- German 44 0.2%
- Other 37 0.2%
- French (incl. Cajun) 6 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 7,507
- Family households
- 5,568
- 74.2% of households
- Married w/ children
- 4,119
- Single-mother households
- 454
- Veterans
- 978
- 6.6% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
49.8% overall adherence rate
- 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%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 83.9%
- With a disability
- 16.6%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 19.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 11th Judicial Circuit Court
- Judges
- 4 (At-large Circuit Court judges elected to this circuit; vintage 2026 sccourts.org)
- Court seats
- Edgefield, Lexington, McCormick, Saluda
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
South Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 6
- 40.51 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 6
NHTSA FARS 2023