Jasper County is included in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The county is also in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Recent development from 2000 onwards has given the county new residents, expanded business opportunities, and a wealthier tax base.

23.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Mary Gordon Ellis, the first woman elected to the South Carolina legislature, represented Jasper County in the state senate for one term, from 1928 to 1932, after having served as state superintendent of schools.

[20] Like most counties in the rural Black Belt of South Carolina, Jasper has long leaned Democratic.

However, in 2024, Donald Trump was able to flip the county Republican for the first time since Richard Nixon carried it in 1972.

[23] As of April 2024[update], some of the largest employers in the county include AmeriGas, the city of Hardeeville, Publix, and Walmart.

[24] CSX Transportation's Charleston Subdivision (also known as the Charleston-Savannah Railway) currently operates both freight trains and passenger trains (via Amtrak) along the line, but does not stop anywhere within the county.

The line also runs along the Hampton-Jasper County border northeast of the bridge over the Tullifinny River.