Cherokee County, South Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 39,486 69.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,137 5.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 10,574 18.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 304 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,265 4.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 91 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 790 1.4%

• Under 18 12,874 22.7%
• 18–24 4,964 8.8%
• 25–44 13,975 24.7%
• 45–64 14,903 26.3%
• 65 and over 9,931 17.5%

Median household income

$57,070

90% interval $51,114–$63,026

−$15,437 vs SC · 29th of 46

Below poverty line

16.4%

90% interval 13.6%–19.2%

+3.1 pp vs SC · 24th of 46

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.9%

+1.2 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.3B

0.66% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,376

Establishments

1,010

• Manufacturing 5,373 29.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,154 22.8%
• Education & health services 2,941 16.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,916 10.5%
• Professional & business services 1,189 6.5%
• Construction 900 4.9%
• Public administration 492 2.7%
• Other services 419 2.3%
• Financial activities 397 2.2%
• Natural resources & mining 50 0.3%
• Information 36 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 98.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

73.8%

+1.9 pp vs SC · 22nd of 46

Median gross rent

$869

−$311 vs SC · 28th of 46

Owner-occupied

16,290

Renter-occupied

5,773

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 68% 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 (Construction, $77,876/yr) pays 3.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,467/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 18 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Republican 18,697 75.3%
• Democratic 5,939 23.9%
• Other / third-party 203 0.8%

• Spanish 2,186 4.1%
• Chinese 287 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 102 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 71 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 61 0.1%
• Tagalog 23 0.0%

Households

22,063

Family households

13,766

62.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,871

20.9% of families

Single-mother families

1,585

11.5% of families

Veterans

3,196

7.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 29,833 53.1%
• Black Protestant 1,902 3.4%
• Mainline Protestant 1,385 2.5%
• Catholic 1,202 2.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 904 1.6%

Health insured

89.5%

±1.4 pp

Uninsured

10.5%

±1.4 pp

17th of 46

With a disability

17.9%

±1.6 pp

13th of 46

Bachelor's or higher

18.4%

±1.8 pp

−13.7 pp vs SC · 30th of 46

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.1%

90% interval 10.8%–13.4% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

7th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

3 (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

Gaffney, Spartanburg

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

20

45.69 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

18