Who is the Orangeburg County Clerk of Court?

Winnifa B. Clark is the Clerk of Court of Orangeburg County, South Carolina.

Who is the Orangeburg County Coroner?

Sean Fogle is the Coroner of Orangeburg County, South Carolina.

Who is the Orangeburg County Probate Judge?

Pandora Jones-Glover is the Probate Judge of Orangeburg County, South Carolina.

Who is the Orangeburg County Sheriff?

Leroy Ravenell is the Sheriff of Orangeburg County, South Carolina.

Who are the Orangeburg County commissioners?

Joseph Garvin (County Council Member); Johnny Ravenel (County Council Member); Janie Cooper- Smith (County Council Member); Johnny Wright, Sr (County Council Member); Kenneth McCaster (County Council Member); Deloris Frazier (County Council Member); Latisha Walker (County Council Member).

What is the population of Orangeburg County?

About 83,253 people, with a median age of 40.7; the median household income is $45,675 and 22.4% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).

What is the unemployment rate in Orangeburg County?

4.8% in September 2026 (preliminary): 1,718 people unemployed in a labor force of 35,532, against 6.4% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).

How many local governments are there in Orangeburg County?

23 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 17 municipal, 1 school district and 4 special district governments.

What cities and towns are in Orangeburg County?

1: Orangeburg. Each has its own page with its mayor and council.

Orangeburg County, SC elected officials: county council, sheriff, school board and cities

Who holds every elected county, school board, city and special-district office in Orangeburg County: 12 seats on 6 elected bodies.

County Council

Orangeburg County Council

Office	Who holds it now
County Council Member	Joseph Garvin source
County Council Member	Johnny Ravenel source
County Council Member	Janie Cooper- Smith source
County Council Member	Johnny Wright, Sr source
County Council Member	Kenneth McCaster source
County Council Member	Deloris Frazier source
County Council Member	Latisha Walker source

County officers

Office	Who holds it now
Clerk of Court	Winnifa B. Clark source
Coroner	Sean Fogle source
Probate Judge	Pandora Jones-Glover source
Sheriff	Leroy Ravenell source

Cities and towns

Orangeburg · Mayor Michael C. Butler · 1 seat

How many local governments Orangeburg County has

The Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments counts 23 local governments in Orangeburg County. This page lists the ones whose offices are elected.

Kind of government	Census count (2022)	Listed on this page
County government	1	1
Cities, towns, villages and townships	17	1
School districts (school boards)	1	0
Special districts (elected boards)	4	0

Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Government Units Listing (census.gov).

About these counts

The Census Bureau counts every independent local government once, in the county it assigns it to: the one it mostly serves or where it's based. A city or district that crosses county lines is counted in only one county, so it may be listed on this page but counted elsewhere, or the other way around. Many special districts, such as housing authorities, have appointed boards, and some places have more than one elected body, so the two columns measure different things. School systems run by a county, city or the state aren't counted as separate governments, though their boards may be listed here; in some states the Bureau counts community or state colleges as school districts. The counts are as of 2022.

Who lives in Orangeburg County

83,253people

40.7median ageU.S.: 38.9

$45,675 household incomeU.S.: $80,734

22.4%below the U.S.: 12.5%

19.4%of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degreeU.S.: 35.7%

$115,800median home valueU.S.: $332,700

8.3%unemployed (of the labor force)U.S.: 5.2%

2.2%born outside the U.S.U.S.: 14.1%

6.2%of adults are veteransU.S.: 6.2%

9.7%U.S.: 8.4%

54.4%of renting households pay of income on rentU.S.: 51.1%

32%of homeowners with a mortgage pay of income on housing costsU.S.: 28.1%

Race and Hispanic origin: Hispanic or Latino 2.7% · White 33.1% · Black 60.7% · Asian 1% · Other or more than one race 2.5% (Hispanic or Latino people can be of any race; the other groups are non-Hispanic.)

Census Bureau, 2020–2024 5-year estimates (data.census.gov).

About these figures

The American Community Survey asks about 3.5 million households a year about who lives there, their work, income, schooling and housing. The 5-year estimates pool 2020–2024 answers so that every county and district has enough of them. They're estimates with a (larger for smaller places), and they're different from the once-a-decade census count. "Median" means half are above and half below. Household income is before taxes and includes everyone in the household. The unemployment share here is the survey's five-year average, so it differs from the monthly rate in the BLS jobs report. Race and Hispanic origin are as people describe themselves.

Health insurance means any coverage, private or public (such as Medicaid or Medicare), when people answered; the share is of everyone except people on active military duty and people living in institutions such as prisons and nursing homes. The housing shares are of renting households, and of homeowners with a mortgage, for whom the Census Bureau can compute them (households with no income, or renters who pay no cash rent, are left out). Rent here is gross rent, rent plus utilities; owner costs include the mortgage, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees.

Jobs in Orangeburg County

4.8%September 2026, preliminary. A year earlier: 6.4%. South Carolina: 3.7%.

1,718people unemployedSeptember 2026, preliminary.

33,814people employedSeptember 2026, preliminary. Counted where they live, not where they work.

35,532in the September 2026, preliminary.

Yearly average unemployment rate, 2016–2025.

Every month, last two years

Month	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
September 2026 (preliminary)	4.8%	1,718	33,814	35,532
August 2026	5.7%	2,015	33,555	35,570
July 2026	6.1%	2,184	33,654	35,838
June 2026	5.9%	2,104	33,399	35,503
May 2026	5.4%	1,935	33,901	35,836
April 2026	5.0%	1,796	34,166	35,962
March 2026	5.7%	2,064	34,283	36,347
February 2026	7.2%	2,646	34,316	36,962
January 2026	7.8%	2,816	33,059	35,875
December 2025	7.8%	2,792	33,175	35,967
November 2025	7.4%	2,634	33,192	35,826
October 2025	not collected (2025 federal shutdown)
September 2025	6.4%	2,252	33,161	35,413
August 2025	6.8%	2,388	32,766	35,154
July 2025	7.0%	2,494	33,174	35,668
June 2025	6.5%	2,300	32,891	35,191
May 2025	5.5%	1,951	33,219	35,170
April 2025	5.1%	1,815	33,550	35,365
March 2025	5.6%	1,980	33,647	35,627
February 2025	6.0%	2,170	34,010	36,180
January 2025	6.1%	2,156	33,054	35,210
December 2024	5.8%	2,045	33,143	35,188
November 2024	6.2%	2,198	33,095	35,293
October 2024	6.5%	2,320	33,627	35,947

Yearly averages

Year	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
2025 (11 months)	6.4%	2,267	33,258	35,525
2024	5.9%	2,105	33,651	35,756
2023	4.2%	1,483	33,659	35,142
2022	4.7%	1,637	32,876	34,513
2021	6.6%	2,300	32,569	34,869
2020	8.5%	3,018	32,344	35,362
2019	4.5%	1,571	33,670	35,241
2018	5.5%	1,912	32,948	34,860
2017	6.8%	2,406	32,777	35,183
2016	8.4%	3,067	33,252	36,319

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, : BLS publishes county figures only that way, so they rise and fall with the seasons; compare a month with the same month a year earlier rather than with the month before. South Carolina's figure above is on the same basis; seasonally adjusted, as in BLS's monthly state release, it was 4.0% in September 2026. The latest month is preliminary and is revised the next month, and BLS revises earlier years each spring. People are counted where they live. October 2025 wasn't collected during the 2025 federal government shutdown, so 2025's yearly average covers 11 months.

Crime reported in Orangeburg County

1,397.6 per 100,0002022. South Carolina: 499.0.

3,682.7 per 100,0002022. South Carolina: 2,331.6.

31murders2022, 1,156 violent crimes in all.

2022 is the latest year with complete reporting here: at least one of the county's police agencies didn't send the FBI a full year of figures since, so later totals would be undercounts.

Earlier years

Year	Violent	Rate	Property	Rate
2022	1,156	1,397.6	3,046	3,682.7
2021	1,182	1,415.6	3,313	3,967.8
2020	1,121	1,304.6	3,551	4,132.6

By police agency (11)

Agency	Year	Violent	Property	People served
Orangeburg County Sheriff's Office	2025	604	1,407	63,523
Orangeburg Police Department	2025	153	567	13,431
Holly Hill Police Department	2025	14	50	1,251
Branchville Police Department	2025	2	13	965
Santee Police Department	2024	10	49	806
Bowman Police Department	2022	9	9	766
North Police Department	2025	8	33	674
Elloree Police Department	2025	2	17	543
Springfield Police Department	2023	0	10	433
Norway Police Department	2022	0	9	277
Eutawville Police Department	2024	1	24	234

Crimes to the county's city and county police agencies (FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Return A), per 100,000 people they serve. Years with incomplete reporting are left out. Crime in South Carolina · the U.S.

Police staffing

2.09 per 1,000 residents2018, 11 agencies serving 86,794 people.

181sworn officers2018, full-time, as of October 31.

62civilian staff2018, full-time.

2018 is the latest year every agency here sent the FBI its staff count.

Agencies counted (11), 2018

Agency	Officers	Civilians	People served
Orangeburg County Sheriff's Office	90	28	67,547
Orangeburg Police Department	61	30	12,820
Elloree Police Department	3	3	652
Holly Hill Police Department	6	0	1,190
North Police Department	5	0	719
Santee Police Department	5	0	908
Springfield Police Department	4	0	488
Branchville Police Department	2	1	956
Bowman Police Department	3	0	907
Eutawville Police Department	1	0	294
Norway Police Department	1	0	313

Full-time employees of the county's city police departments and sheriff's office, as each reported them to the FBI (Uniform Crime Reporting, Law Enforcement Employees), per 1,000 people in the areas those agencies serve (the FBI's population figures). A year is shown only when every one of these agencies sent a count; a count under half or over double the agency's own counts in nearby years is treated as not sent. Towns policed under contract by another agency are counted through that agency. State police, campus and other agencies aren't included. Sheriffs' offices often also run the county jail and courthouse security, so their staff counts include those jobs.

Quick answers

Who is the Orangeburg County Clerk of Court?: Winnifa B. Clark is the Clerk of Court of Orangeburg County, South Carolina.
Who is the Orangeburg County Coroner?: Sean Fogle is the Coroner of Orangeburg County, South Carolina.
Who is the Orangeburg County Probate Judge?: Pandora Jones-Glover is the Probate Judge of Orangeburg County, South Carolina.
Who is the Orangeburg County Sheriff?: Leroy Ravenell is the Sheriff of Orangeburg County, South Carolina.
Who are the Orangeburg County commissioners?: Joseph Garvin (County Council Member); Johnny Ravenel (County Council Member); Janie Cooper- Smith (County Council Member); Johnny Wright, Sr (County Council Member); Kenneth McCaster (County Council Member); Deloris Frazier (County Council Member); Latisha Walker (County Council Member).
What is the population of Orangeburg County?: About 83,253 people, with a median age of 40.7; the median household income is $45,675 and 22.4% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).
What is the unemployment rate in Orangeburg County?: 4.8% in September 2026 (preliminary): 1,718 people unemployed in a labor force of 35,532, against 6.4% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
How many local governments are there in Orangeburg County?: 23 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 17 municipal, 1 school district and 4 special district governments.
What cities and towns are in Orangeburg County?: 1: Orangeburg. Each has its own page with its mayor and council.

Officeholders as of October 15, 2026, from the South Carolina Legislative Manual's list of county officers and mayors of county seats; each name links to its source. Officials change between elections (appointments, resignations), and the body's own website is the authority. Party is shown only for offices elected on a partisan ballot.

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