Jury Pool Profile

Williamsburg County, South Carolina

Democratic +22 (2024)

Population: 30,517
Median household income: $43,471
Unemployment: 8.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 9,973 32.7%
Black or African American alone 19,538 64.0%
Asian alone 205 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 97 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 439 1.4%
Two or more races 265 0.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 718 2.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44

Under 18 6,004 19.7%
18–24 2,286 7.5%
25–44 7,257 23.8%
45–64 8,261 27.1%
65 and over 6,709 22.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 8.0%; +3.41 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 0.3% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,566
Establishments: 640

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,234 19.5%
Manufacturing 1,158 18.3%
Education & health services 904 14.3%
Public administration 457 7.2%
Construction 367 5.8%
Professional & business services 347 5.5%
Leisure & hospitality 294 4.7%
Other services 137 2.2%
Natural resources & mining 103 1.6%
Financial activities 5 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.6%
Median gross rent: $769
Owner-occupied: 9,075
Renter-occupied: 3,085

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 14,330 votes cast

Democratic 8,634 60.3%
Republican 5,524 38.5%
Other / third-party 172 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 652 2.2%
Tagalog 58 0.2%
Other Indo-European 45 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 40 0.1%
Vietnamese 19 0.1%
Other 9 0.0%
German 6 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,160
Family households: 7,494; 61.6% of households
Married w/ children: 4,567
Single-mother households: 740
Veterans: 1,376; 5.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

56.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,289 17.0%
Black Protestant 5,192 16.7%
Mainline Protestant 5,131 16.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,730 5.6%
Catholic 258 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.2%
With a disability: 20.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.4%

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: 8; 32.64 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023