Jury Pool Profile
Jasper County, South Carolina
- County seat
- Ridgeland
- Judicial district
- 14th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 38,533
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 32,166.
At a glance
Jasper County is a 38,533-person venue. The county population is 48% White and 33% Black (Census race-alone categories). 18% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $67,873, $4,634 below the SC state median of $72,507; 26.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 18.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 23.5% of covered employment, average pay $60,057/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.61%, below the 4.7% state average. The county has not voted for the same party across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles . See Section 3 for cycle-by-cycle breakdowns.
- Population
- 32,166
- Median household income
- $65,613
- Unemployment
- 4.6%
Who sits on a jury?
<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 48%; Black: 33%.
Jasper County has a population of 32,166, with a median age of 45.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 48.1%; Black residents 32.9%. Independently, 17.6% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $67,873; 26.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 14.5% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, with cells BLS withholds estimated from Census County Business Patterns (private jobs) and the statewide public-sector mix: Education & health services, about 29% of covered jobs.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 23.5% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 20.7%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.61%, below the South Carolina state average.
Political composition
Different parties won across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles.
Jasper County was carried by the Republican candidate with 54.3% of the vote in 2024; the Democratic candidate with 49.9% of the vote in 2020; the Democratic candidate with 54.8% of the vote in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 68% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 18.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
18.1% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic, Chinese. Veterans account for 7.1% of the adult civilian population (1,854 individuals).