Jury Pool Profile
Chester County, South Carolina
Republican +17 (2024)
- Population
- 32,177
- Median household income
- $51,216
- Unemployment
- 5.7%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 18,749 58.3%
- Black or African American alone 11,596 36.0%
- Asian alone 170 0.5%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 55 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 9 0.0%
- Some other race alone 290 0.9%
- Two or more races 1,308 4.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 877 2.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 42.2
- Under 18 7,212 22.4%
- 18–24 2,430 7.6%
- 25–44 7,564 23.5%
- 45–64 8,892 27.6%
- 65 and over 6,079 18.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 5.7%
- +1.13 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $1.8B
- 0.51% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $58,462
- Establishments
- 671
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Manufacturing 3,567 34.3%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 2,193 21.1%
- Construction 774 7.4%
- Leisure & hospitality 672 6.5%
- Education & health services 406 3.9%
- Professional & business services 383 3.7%
- Other services 186 1.8%
- Information 166 1.6%
- Financial activities 140 1.3%
- Natural resources & mining 110 1.1%
- Public administration 6 0.1%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 77.9%
- Median gross rent
- $918
- Owner-occupied
- 10,068
- Renter-occupied
- 2,858
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 15,556 votes cast
- Republican 9,030 58.0%
- Democratic 6,353 40.8%
- Other / third-party 173 1.1%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
98.5% speak only English at home
- Spanish 264 0.9%
- Vietnamese 91 0.3%
- Other 46 0.2%
- Chinese 21 0.1%
- Other Asian/Pacific 12 0.0%
- French (incl. Cajun) 6 0.0%
- Other Indo-European 3 0.0%
- German 1 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 12,926
- Family households
- 8,708
- 67.4% of households
- Married w/ children
- 5,793
- Single-mother households
- 974
- Veterans
- 2,147
- 8.6% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
68.4% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 13,688 42.4%
- Black Protestant 5,206 16.1%
- Mainline Protestant 1,865 5.8%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 964 3.0%
- Catholic 381 1.2%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 88.3%
- With a disability
- 14.6%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 13.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 6th Judicial Circuit Court
- Judges
- 2 (At-large Circuit Court judges elected to this circuit; vintage 2026 sccourts.org)
- Court seats
- Chester, Lancaster, Winnsboro
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
South Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 11
- 44.06 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 10
NHTSA FARS 2023