Jury Pool Profile

Blount County, Tennessee

Republican +48 (2024)

Population: 137,747
Median household income: $74,607
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 124,541 90.4%
Black or African American alone 3,573 2.6%
Asian alone 1,067 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 108 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 51 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,179 0.9%
Two or more races 7,228 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,097 4.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.9

Under 18 27,470 19.9%
18–24 10,293 7.5%
25–44 33,046 24.0%
45–64 38,340 27.8%
65 and over 28,598 20.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; -0.47 pp vs. state
County GDP: $9.1B; 1.62% of state
Avg. annual pay: $61,177
Establishments: 3,423

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 14,168 24.9%
Education & health services 10,567 18.5%
Manufacturing 9,183 16.1%
Leisure & hospitality 6,921 12.1%
Professional & business services 6,136 10.8%
Financial activities 3,348 5.9%
Construction 2,916 5.1%
Public administration 1,847 3.2%
Other services 1,334 2.3%
Information 450 0.8%
Natural resources & mining 91 0.2%
Unclassified 30 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.0%
Median gross rent: $1,042
Owner-occupied: 41,900
Renter-occupied: 12,549

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 69,224 votes cast

Republican 50,699 73.2%
Democratic 17,664 25.5%
Other / third-party 861 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,733 2.8%
Other Indo-European 410 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 278 0.2%
German 271 0.2%
Arabic 133 0.1%
Slavic languages 94 0.1%
Korean 94 0.1%
Chinese 83 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 52 0.0%
Tagalog 18 0.0%
Other 10 0.0%
Vietnamese 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 54,449
Family households: 37,709; 69.3% of households
Married w/ children: 29,978
Single-mother households: 2,176
Veterans: 9,515; 8.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

52.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 49,904 36.9%
Mainline Protestant 12,347 9.1%
Catholic 3,694 2.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,647 2.0%
Black Protestant 1,856 1.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.2%
With a disability: 13.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 26.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (Circuit Court judges per district; Chancery + Criminal Court judges separate; vintage 2026 tncourts.gov)
Court seats: Maryville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Tennessee statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 17; 15.42 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 16

NHTSA FARS 2023