Jury Pool Profile

Cocke County, Tennessee

Republican +68 (2024)

Population: 36,503
Median household income: $48,416
Unemployment: 5.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 34,142 93.5%
Black or African American alone 553 1.5%
Asian alone 183 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 175 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 28 0.1%
Some other race alone 201 0.6%
Two or more races 1,221 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,066 2.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.4

Under 18 7,486 20.5%
18–24 2,526 6.9%
25–44 8,017 22.0%
45–64 10,493 28.7%
65 and over 7,981 21.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.1%; +1.58 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.2B; 0.22% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,422
Establishments: 594

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,946 24.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,833 23.2%
Leisure & hospitality 1,251 15.8%
Manufacturing 1,163 14.7%
Public administration 526 6.7%
Construction 331 4.2%
Professional & business services 248 3.1%
Financial activities 220 2.8%
Natural resources & mining 193 2.4%
Other services 155 2.0%
Information 35 0.4%
Unclassified 4 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.2%
Median gross rent: $787
Owner-occupied: 10,762
Renter-occupied: 4,361

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 15,663 votes cast

Republican 13,105 83.7%
Democratic 2,415 15.4%
Other / third-party 143 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 618 1.8%
Other Indo-European 76 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 46 0.1%
Slavic languages 34 0.1%
German 25 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 17 0.0%
Other 12 0.0%
Tagalog 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 15,123
Family households: 10,067; 66.6% of households
Married w/ children: 6,776
Single-mother households: 1,194
Veterans: 2,468; 8.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 10,532 29.3%
Mainline Protestant 1,830 5.1%
Black Protestant 672 1.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 591 1.6%
Catholic 400 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.1%
With a disability: 22.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 11.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 4th Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (Circuit Court judges per district; Chancery + Criminal Court judges separate; vintage 2026 tncourts.gov)
Court seats: Dandridge, Newport, Rutledge, Sevierville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Tennessee statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 15; 51.69 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 13

NHTSA FARS 2023