Jury Pool Profile

Sumter County, South Carolina

Democratic +5 (2024)

Population: 104,853
Median household income: $55,990
Unemployment: 5.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 47,341 45.1%
Black or African American alone 48,447 46.2%
Asian alone 1,582 1.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 385 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 78 0.1%
Some other race alone 1,714 1.6%
Two or more races 5,306 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,500 4.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.3

Under 18 25,055 23.9%
18–24 10,264 9.8%
25–44 26,575 25.3%
45–64 24,735 23.6%
65 and over 18,224 17.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.6%; +1.04 pp vs. state
County GDP: $6.3B; 1.76% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,273
Establishments: 2,305

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 8,696 24.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,938 16.9%
Manufacturing 5,889 16.7%
Leisure & hospitality 3,776 10.7%
Professional & business services 3,312 9.4%
Construction 2,510 7.1%
Public administration 1,403 4.0%
Financial activities 1,018 2.9%
Other services 975 2.8%
Natural resources & mining 207 0.6%
Information 187 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 66.8%
Median gross rent: $1,006
Owner-occupied: 27,489
Renter-occupied: 13,692

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 45,170 votes cast

Democratic 23,425 51.9%
Republican 21,215 47.0%
Other / third-party 530 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,080 3.1%
German 493 0.5%
Vietnamese 349 0.4%
Other Indo-European 304 0.3%
Tagalog 299 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 231 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 160 0.2%
Chinese 135 0.1%
Other 125 0.1%
Arabic 91 0.1%
Korean 68 0.1%
Slavic languages 32 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 41,181
Family households: 26,739; 64.9% of households
Married w/ children: 17,820
Single-mother households: 3,381
Veterans: 10,251; 13.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

53.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 32,026 30.3%
Black Protestant 9,855 9.3%
Mainline Protestant 7,429 7.0%
Catholic 4,322 4.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,475 2.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.5%
With a disability: 14.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (At-large Circuit Court judges elected to this circuit; vintage 2026 sccourts.org)
Court seats: Bishopville, Kingstree, Manning, Sumter

Court reference

Traffic safety context

South Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 30; 37.59 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 30

NHTSA FARS 2023