Jury Pool Profile
Cannon County, Tennessee
- County seat
- Woodbury
- Judicial district
- 16th Judicial District Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 15,296
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 14,818.
At a glance
Cannon County is a 15,296-person venue. The county population is 93% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $65,364, $6,643 below the TN state median of $72,007; 16.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 1.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 25.9% of covered employment, average pay $53,494/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.97%, below the 3.55% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 76% to 83% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 14,818
- Median household income
- $59,443
- Unemployment
- 3.0%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 93% / 2%.
Cannon County has a population of 14,818, with a median age of 40.0. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 93.3%; Black residents 2.3%. Independently, 3.1% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $65,364; 16.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 14.1% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Trade, transportation & utilities, 573 jobs; Education & health services, 545, is within 20% of it.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 25.9% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 24.7%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.97%, below the Tennessee state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 79%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Cannon County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 82.6% in 2024, 79.2% in 2020, 75.6% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 66% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 1.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
1.8% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 6.3% of the adult civilian population (717 individuals).