Union County, South Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 17,272 64.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 559 2.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 7,387 27.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 43 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,502 5.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 81 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 5 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 36 0.1%

• Under 18 5,590 20.8%
• 18–24 1,919 7.1%
• 25–44 6,124 22.8%
• 45–64 7,442 27.7%
• 65 and over 5,810 21.6%

Median household income

$50,730

90% interval $45,045–$56,415

−$21,777 vs SC · 37th of 46

Below poverty line

18.7%

90% interval 15.1%–22.3%

+5.4 pp vs SC · 13th of 46

Unemployment (12-mo)

6.4%

+1.67 pp vs. state

County GDP

$904.8M

0.25% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,848

Establishments

486

• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,970 26.9%
• Manufacturing 1,779 24.3%
• Education & health services 1,273 17.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 666 9.1%
• Public administration 464 6.3%
• Professional & business services 325 4.4%
• Financial activities 187 2.6%

The sectors listed cover 91.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

71.3%

−0.6 pp vs SC · 30th of 46

Median gross rent

$804

−$376 vs SC · 35th of 46

Owner-occupied

8,276

Renter-occupied

3,335

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 69% 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, $66,772/yr) pays 2.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $23,000/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 8,102 65.9%
• Democratic 4,084 33.2%
• Other / third-party 103 0.8%

• Spanish 470 1.8%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 49 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 45 0.2%
• Korean 6 0.0%

Households

11,611

Family households

7,075

60.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,136

16.1% of families

Single-mother families

1,164

16.5% of families

Veterans

1,659

7.8% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

89.5%

±1.9 pp

Uninsured

10.5%

±1.9 pp

19th of 46

With a disability

21.7%

±1.9 pp

3rd of 46

Bachelor's or higher

15.0%

±2.4 pp

−17.1 pp vs SC · 37th of 46

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.4%

90% interval 11.0%–13.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

16th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

2 (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

Union, York

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

10

46.96 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

8