Jury Pool Profile

Cherokee County, South Carolina

Republican +51 (2024)

Population: 56,299
Median household income: $49,047
Unemployment: 6.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 40,077 71.2%
Black or African American alone 10,659 18.9%
Asian alone 268 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 235 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,500 2.7%
Two or more races 3,560 6.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,944 5.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.3

Under 18 12,927 23.0%
18–24 4,918 8.7%
25–44 13,828 24.6%
45–64 14,996 26.6%
65 and over 9,630 17.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.1%; +1.46 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.3B; 0.66% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,261
Establishments: 988

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 5,082 28.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,345 24.1%
Education & health services 2,990 16.6%
Leisure & hospitality 1,958 10.8%
Professional & business services 1,162 6.4%
Construction 808 4.5%
Public administration 500 2.8%
Other services 418 2.3%
Financial activities 368 2.0%
Information 38 0.2%
Natural resources & mining 23 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.3%
Median gross rent: $813
Owner-occupied: 16,025
Renter-occupied: 5,839

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 24,839 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,988 3.8%
German 175 0.3%
Chinese 159 0.3%
Other Indo-European 116 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 76 0.1%
Slavic languages 59 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 55 0.1%
Tagalog 33 0.1%
Other 20 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 21,864
Family households: 13,557; 62.0% of households
Married w/ children: 9,260
Single-mother households: 1,602
Veterans: 3,292; 7.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

62.7% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.8%
With a disability: 16.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 7th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 6 (At-large Circuit Court judges elected to this circuit; vintage 2026 sccourts.org)
Court seats: Gaffney, Spartanburg

Court reference

Traffic safety context

South Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 14; 32.28 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 13

NHTSA FARS 2023