Jury Pool Profile

Union County, South Carolina

Republican +33 (2024)

Population: 26,990
Median household income: $41,200
Unemployment: 6.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 17,586 65.2%
Black or African American alone 7,883 29.2%
Asian alone 54 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 68 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 4 0.0%
Some other race alone 93 0.3%
Two or more races 1,302 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 520 1.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.3

Under 18 5,686 21.1%
18–24 1,924 7.1%
25–44 6,178 22.9%
45–64 7,551 28.0%
65 and over 5,651 20.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.0%; +1.44 pp vs. state
County GDP: $904.8M; 0.25% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,510
Establishments: 490

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 2,007 27.0%
Manufacturing 1,843 24.8%
Education & health services 1,281 17.3%
Leisure & hospitality 681 9.2%
Public administration 490 6.6%
Professional & business services 267 3.6%
Financial activities 191 2.6%
Construction 157 2.1%
Natural resources & mining 30 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.3%
Median gross rent: $770
Owner-occupied: 8,131
Renter-occupied: 3,607

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 12,289 votes cast

Republican 8,102 65.9%
Democratic 4,084 33.2%
Other / third-party 103 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 371 1.5%
German 50 0.2%
Slavic languages 31 0.1%
Other Indo-European 16 0.1%
Other 15 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 13 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 11 0.0%
Korean 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 11,738
Family households: 7,109; 60.6% of households
Married w/ children: 4,383
Single-mother households: 1,171
Veterans: 1,748; 8.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

78.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 14,747 54.1%
Black Protestant 3,262 12.0%
Mainline Protestant 2,339 8.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 734 2.7%
Catholic 182 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.3%
With a disability: 20.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 16th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (At-large Circuit Court judges elected to this circuit; vintage 2026 sccourts.org)
Court seats: Union, York

Court reference

Traffic safety context

South Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 32.86 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023