Fairfield County, South Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 7,998 38.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 516 2.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 11,192 54.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 21 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 709 3.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 16 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 98 0.5%

• Under 18 3,691 18.0%
• 18–24 1,661 8.1%
• 25–44 4,254 20.7%
• 45–64 6,003 29.2%
• 65 and over 4,941 24.0%

Median household income

$54,536

90% interval $48,362–$60,710

−$17,971 vs SC · 32nd of 46

Below poverty line

16.9%

90% interval 12.7%–21.1%

+3.6 pp vs SC · 19th of 46

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.4%

+0.7 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.4B

0.4% of state

Avg. annual pay

$60,039

Establishments

435

• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,651 25.8%
• Education & health services 1,559 24.3%
• Manufacturing 1,183 18.5%
• Professional & business services 602 9.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 256 4.0%
• Construction 197 3.1%
• Financial activities 125 2.0%
• Public administration 115 1.8%
• Other services 81 1.3%
• Natural resources & mining 61 1.0%
• Information 15 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 91.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

74.6%

+2.7 pp vs SC · 19th of 46

Median gross rent

$938

−$242 vs SC · 22nd of 46

Owner-occupied

6,666

Renter-occupied

2,264

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 69% 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.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Trade, transportation & utilities, $91,102/yr) pays 4.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,827/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Spanish 230 1.2%
• German or other West Germanic 45 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 19 0.1%
• Korean 8 0.0%

Households

8,930

Family households

5,814

65.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

728

12.5% of families

Single-mother families

850

14.6% of families

Veterans

1,157

6.9% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

93.0%

±1.6 pp

Uninsured

7.0%

±1.6 pp

45th of 46

With a disability

19.1%

±1.9 pp

8th of 46

Bachelor's or higher

15.2%

±2.2 pp

−16.9 pp vs SC · 36th of 46

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.7%

90% interval 9.5%–11.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

6th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

2 (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

Chester, Lancaster, Winnsboro

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

10

59.32 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

8