Jury Pool Profile

Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Republican +34 (2024)

Population: 338,096
Median household income: $64,195
Unemployment: 4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 228,924 67.7%
Black or African American alone 67,021 19.8%
Asian alone 8,042 2.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 660 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 76 0.0%
Some other race alone 9,673 2.9%
Two or more races 23,700 7.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 29,892 8.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.9

Under 18 79,128 23.4%
18–24 30,067 8.9%
25–44 88,960 26.3%
45–64 85,199 25.2%
65 and over 54,742 16.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.7%; +0.06 pp vs. state
County GDP: $23.0B; 6.44% of state
Avg. annual pay: $59,564
Establishments: 8,388

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 37,316 24.0%
Education & health services 34,337 22.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 34,320 22.1%
Leisure & hospitality 14,158 9.1%
Professional & business services 14,047 9.0%
Construction 7,274 4.7%
Financial activities 4,648 3.0%
Other services 3,793 2.4%
Public administration 2,829 1.8%
Information 947 0.6%
Natural resources & mining 366 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.9%
Median gross rent: $1,019
Owner-occupied: 93,795
Renter-occupied: 34,811

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Largest employers

Principal employers by headcount

#	Employer	Sector	Employees
1	BMW Manufacturing Co. (Spartanburg plant)	Automotive manufacturing	11,000*
2	Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System	Healthcare	7,000*
3	Spartanburg County School Districts (Districts 1-7)	Public education	6,000*
4	County of Spartanburg	Government	1,545*
5	Cryovac / Sealed Air Corporation	Packaging manufacturing	1,500*
6	DAA Draexlmaier Automotive of America (Duncan)	Automotive supplier	1,225*
7	Michelin North America (US3 truck-tire plant + distribution center)	Automotive manufacturing	1,200*
8	Benore Logistic Systems	Logistics	1,100*
9	Magna Seating of America	Automotive supplier	1,070*
10	AFL Telecommunications	Telecommunications manufacturing	1,057*
11	Plastic Omnium Auto Exteriors (OPmobility)	Automotive supplier	1,000*
12	University of South Carolina Upstate	Higher education	957*
13	Milliken & Company	Advanced materials / textiles	903*
14	Ingles Markets	Retail / grocery	756*

* Headcount is an estimate.

Source: South Carolina Department of Employment & Workforce, Community Profiles — Spartanburg County (20 Largest Employers, QCEW); employee counts/ranking reconciled with Spartanburg County Government's "2020 Spartanburg County Major Employers" map (Data source: Upstate SC Alliance) and 2025 corroborating reporting (2026)

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 155,597 votes cast

Republican 103,032 66.2%
Democratic 50,710 32.6%
Other / third-party 1,855 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

87.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 21,691 6.8%
Slavic languages 7,807 2.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 3,115 1.0%
Other Indo-European 2,944 0.9%
German 1,402 0.4%
Other 929 0.3%
Chinese 689 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 615 0.2%
Arabic 184 0.1%
Tagalog 164 0.1%
Vietnamese 135 0.0%
Korean 37 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 128,606
Family households: 88,433; 68.8% of households
Married w/ children: 63,486
Single-mother households: 9,608
Veterans: 17,155; 6.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 115,421 35.2%
Mainline Protestant 20,096 6.1%
Catholic 14,064 4.3%
Black Protestant 11,832 3.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 7,368 2.2%
Orthodox 266 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.1%
With a disability: 15.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.7%

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: 84; 32.44 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 71

NHTSA FARS 2023