Jury Pool Profile

Bedford County, Tennessee

Republican +58 (2024)

Population: 51,291
Median household income: $62,197
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 40,832 79.6%
Black or African American alone 3,661 7.1%
Asian alone 382 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 617 1.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,496 2.9%
Two or more races 4,303 8.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,968 15.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.6

Under 18 13,087 25.5%
18–24 4,057 7.9%
25–44 13,811 26.9%
45–64 12,878 25.1%
65 and over 7,458 14.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.15 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.9B; 0.52% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,753
Establishments: 1,069

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 4,660 25.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,547 25.1%
Education & health services 2,696 14.9%
Professional & business services 1,412 7.8%
Leisure & hospitality 1,354 7.5%
Construction 1,288 7.1%
Public administration 826 4.6%
Other services 484 2.7%
Financial activities 470 2.6%
Information 295 1.6%
Natural resources & mining 90 0.5%
Unclassified 13 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.2%
Median gross rent: $917
Owner-occupied: 13,301
Renter-occupied: 5,652

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 20,090 votes cast

Republican 15,772 78.5%
Democratic 4,122 20.5%
Other / third-party 196 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

87.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 5,245 10.9%
Arabic 236 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 181 0.4%
Chinese 90 0.2%
German 85 0.2%
Other Indo-European 34 0.1%
Tagalog 29 0.1%
Slavic languages 20 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 13 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 18,953
Family households: 13,760; 72.6% of households
Married w/ children: 9,155
Single-mother households: 1,968
Veterans: 2,494; 6.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

41.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 15,082 30.0%
Mainline Protestant 2,223 4.4%
Catholic 1,623 3.2%
Black Protestant 1,080 2.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 729 1.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.7%
With a disability: 15.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 17th Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges: 2 (Circuit Court judges per district; Chancery + Criminal Court judges separate; vintage 2026 tncourts.gov)
Court seats: Fayetteville, Lewisburg, Lynchburg, Shelbyville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Tennessee statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 16; 41.88 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 15

NHTSA FARS 2023