Jury Pool Profile

Cheatham County, Tennessee

Republican +46 (2024)

Population: 41,500
Median household income: $82,015
Unemployment: 2.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 37,534 90.4%
Black or African American alone 973 2.3%
Asian alone 270 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 83 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 10 0.0%
Some other race alone 803 1.9%
Two or more races 1,827 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,903 4.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.4

Under 18 8,971 21.6%
18–24 2,915 7.0%
25–44 10,895 26.3%
45–64 12,223 29.5%
65 and over 6,496 15.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.8%; -0.69 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.9B; 0.34% of state
Avg. annual pay: $59,841
Establishments: 995

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,753 28.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,749 17.9%
Education & health services 1,509 15.5%
Leisure & hospitality 1,097 11.2%
Construction 940 9.6%
Professional & business services 598 6.1%
Public administration 545 5.6%
Financial activities 264 2.7%
Other services 190 1.9%
Information 70 0.7%
Natural resources & mining 33 0.3%
Unclassified 12 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.9%
Median gross rent: $1,274
Owner-occupied: 13,036
Renter-occupied: 2,872

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 20,741 votes cast

Republican 14,987 72.3%
Democratic 5,464 26.3%
Other / third-party 290 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,317 3.4%
Chinese 130 0.3%
Other Indo-European 101 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 80 0.2%
Other 50 0.1%
German 35 0.1%
Vietnamese 21 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 20 0.1%
Arabic 17 0.0%
Tagalog 10 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 15,908
Family households: 11,407; 71.7% of households
Married w/ children: 8,930
Single-mother households: 707
Veterans: 2,910; 9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

29.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 9,269 22.6%
Mainline Protestant 1,319 3.2%
Catholic 610 1.5%
Black Protestant 584 1.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 164 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.5%
With a disability: 15.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 23rd Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges: 2 (Circuit Court judges per district; Chancery + Criminal Court judges separate; vintage 2026 tncourts.gov)
Court seats: Ashland City, Charlotte, Dover, Erin, Waverly

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Tennessee statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 11; 33.82 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023