Jury Pool Profile

Carter County, Tennessee

Republican +63 (2024)

Population: 56,462
Median household income: $48,435
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 53,247 94.3%
Black or African American alone 1,151 2.0%
Asian alone 142 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 76 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 19 0.0%
Some other race alone 351 0.6%
Two or more races 1,476 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,327 2.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.8

Under 18 10,082 17.9%
18–24 4,419 7.8%
25–44 13,169 23.3%
45–64 16,199 28.7%
65 and over 12,593 22.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.44 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.6B; 0.28% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,576
Establishments: 880

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,541 29.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,271 18.9%
Manufacturing 1,682 14.0%
Leisure & hospitality 1,659 13.8%
Public administration 720 6.0%
Professional & business services 406 3.4%
Financial activities 391 3.3%
Other services 337 2.8%
Construction 53 0.4%
Information 35 0.3%
Unclassified 9 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.1%
Median gross rent: $738
Owner-occupied: 17,916
Renter-occupied: 6,272

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 24,852 votes cast

Republican 20,167 81.1%
Democratic 4,454 17.9%
Other / third-party 231 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 794 1.5%
Arabic 240 0.4%
Other 209 0.4%
Other Indo-European 72 0.1%
German 67 0.1%
Slavic languages 54 0.1%
Tagalog 31 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 28 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 15 0.0%
Korean 6 0.0%
Vietnamese 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 24,188
Family households: 14,957; 61.8% of households
Married w/ children: 11,010
Single-mother households: 1,245
Veterans: 3,983; 8.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 23,017 40.8%
Mainline Protestant 1,501 2.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 765 1.4%
Black Protestant 442 0.8%
Catholic 350 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.1%
With a disability: 22.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (Circuit Court judges per district; Chancery + Criminal Court judges separate; vintage 2026 tncourts.gov)
Court seats: Elizabethton, Erwin, Jonesborough, Mountain City

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Tennessee statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 11; 23.72 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023