Jury Pool Profile

York County, South Carolina

Republican +19 (2024)

Population: 288,559
Median household income: $83,060
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 200,638 69.5%
Black or African American alone 54,031 18.7%
Asian alone 8,039 2.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,601 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 22 0.0%
Some other race alone 5,416 1.9%
Two or more races 18,812 6.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 20,331 7.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.4

Under 18 68,920 23.9%
18–24 23,453 8.1%
25–44 76,416 26.5%
45–64 76,456 26.5%
65 and over 43,314 15.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; -0.02 pp vs. state
County GDP: $19.2B; 5.39% of state
Avg. annual pay: $61,068
Establishments: 9,065

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 24,178 23.1%
Education & health services 22,464 21.4%
Leisure & hospitality 14,921 14.2%
Professional & business services 12,633 12.1%
Manufacturing 10,786 10.3%
Financial activities 5,252 5.0%
Construction 4,787 4.6%
Public administration 3,683 3.5%
Other services 3,111 3.0%
Information 1,849 1.8%
Natural resources & mining 396 0.4%
Unclassified 6 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.4%
Median gross rent: $1,304
Owner-occupied: 81,969
Renter-occupied: 29,654

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 150,059 votes cast

Republican 88,239 58.8%
Democratic 59,600 39.7%
Other / third-party 2,220 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 12,412 4.6%
Other Indo-European 3,646 1.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,842 0.7%
German 882 0.3%
Vietnamese 656 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 595 0.2%
Slavic languages 576 0.2%
Tagalog 491 0.2%
Chinese 476 0.2%
Other 434 0.2%
Arabic 389 0.1%
Korean 292 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 111,623
Family households: 78,691; 70.5% of households
Married w/ children: 59,088
Single-mother households: 7,565
Veterans: 17,035; 7.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 67,670 24.0%
Catholic 23,985 8.5%
Mainline Protestant 18,781 6.7%
Black Protestant 8,618 3.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 6,986 2.5%
Orthodox 67 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.8%
With a disability: 10.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 38.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 16th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (At-large Circuit Court judges elected to this circuit; vintage 2026 sccourts.org)
Court seats: Union, York

Court reference

Traffic safety context

South Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 30; 13.66 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 29

NHTSA FARS 2023