Jury Pool Profile
Bledsoe County, Tennessee
- County seat
- Pikeville
- Judicial district
- 12th Judicial District Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 15,920
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 15,032.
At a glance
Bledsoe County is a 15,920-person venue. The county population is 88% White and 6% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $57,188, $14,819 below the TN state median of $72,007; 12.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 3.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Public administration, at 32.7% of covered employment, average pay $66,249/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.15%, below the 3.55% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 78% to 85% of the vote across the three. At least 8% of residents here live in group quarters rather than households, barracks, dormitories, correctional facilities or nursing homes; the ACS survey and the 2020 census disagree on how many, and this is the lower of the two, so the figures above describe a population substantially larger than the one a summons reaches.
- Population
- 15,032
- Median household income
- $54,720
- Unemployment
- 3.1%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 88% / 6%.
Bledsoe County has a population of 15,032, with a median age of 45.5. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 87.9%; Black residents 6.1%. Independently, 3.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $57,188; 12.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 19.4% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Public administration, about 33% of covered jobs.
Public administration is the largest employment sector at 32.7% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 14.4%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.15%, below the Tennessee state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 82%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Bledsoe County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 84.9% in 2024, 82.1% in 2020, 77.9% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 75% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 3.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
3.1% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 4.9% of the adult civilian population (618 individuals).