Jury Pool Profile

Fairfield County, South Carolina

Democratic +13 (2024)

Population: 20,741
Median household income: $46,972
Unemployment: 5.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,028 38.7%
Black or African American alone 11,499 55.4%
Asian alone 77 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 105 0.5%
Two or more races 1,029 5.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 486 2.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.7

Under 18 3,819 18.4%
18–24 1,570 7.6%
25–44 4,590 22.1%
45–64 5,974 28.8%
65 and over 4,788 23.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.5%; +0.85 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.4B; 0.4% of state
Avg. annual pay: $62,001
Establishments: 432

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,694 28.0%
Education & health services 1,222 20.2%
Manufacturing 1,118 18.5%
Professional & business services 715 11.8%
Leisure & hospitality 249 4.1%
Construction 137 2.3%
Public administration 120 2.0%
Financial activities 116 1.9%
Other services 77 1.3%
Natural resources & mining 49 0.8%
Information 16 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.0%
Median gross rent: $910
Owner-occupied: 6,668
Renter-occupied: 2,105

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 11,215 votes cast

Democratic 6,277 56.0%
Republican 4,792 42.7%
Other / third-party 146 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 333 1.7%
Other Indo-European 37 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 23 0.1%
German 21 0.1%
Other 19 0.1%
Korean 13 0.1%
Tagalog 4 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,773
Family households: 5,634; 64.2% of households
Married w/ children: 3,488
Single-mother households: 766
Veterans: 1,127; 6.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

69.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,744 32.2%
Black Protestant 4,220 20.1%
Mainline Protestant 2,572 12.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 803 3.8%
Catholic 158 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.0%
With a disability: 18.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

South Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 15; 88.64 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 13

NHTSA FARS 2023