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Jury Pool Profile

Cumberland County, Tennessee

Republican +58.9 (2024)
County seat
Crossville
Judicial district
13th Judicial District Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
66,300
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 63,553.

At a glance

Cumberland County is a 66,300-person venue. The county population is 94% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $63,432, $8,575 below the TN state median of $72,007; 19.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 3.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 25.8% of covered employment, average pay $45,598/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.29%, above the 3.55% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 78% to 79% of the vote across the three.

Population
63,553
Median household income
$60,375
Unemployment
4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 94% / 1%.

Cumberland County has a population of 63,553, with a median age of 53.5. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 93.8%; Black residents 0.9%. Independently, 3.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $63,432; 19.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 13.2% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 59,001 92.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,250 3.5%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 444 0.7%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 221 0.3%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,555 2.4%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 49 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 33 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 53.5

  • Under 18 10,622 16.7%
  • 18–24 3,582 5.6%
  • 25–44 12,131 19.1%
  • 45–64 16,615 26.1%
  • 65 and over 20,603 32.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$63,432
90% interval $58,419–$68,445
−$8,575 vs TN · 41st of 95
Below poverty line
13.2%
90% interval 10.8%–15.6%
−0.1 pp vs TN · 64th of 95

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Trade & transportation anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 26% of covered jobs.

Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 25.8% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 20.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.29%, above the Tennessee state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.3%
+0.74 pp vs. state
County GDP
$2.7B
0.49% of state
Avg. annual pay
$48,333
Establishments
1,464

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 4,963 25.8%
  • Education & health services 3,905 20.3%
  • Leisure & hospitality 2,559 13.3%
  • Professional & business services 1,931 10.0%
  • Manufacturing 1,857 9.6%
  • Public administration 975 5.1%
  • Financial activities 817 4.2%
  • Other services 542 2.8%
  • Construction 52 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 91.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
80.2%
+13.3 pp vs TN · 18th of 95
Median gross rent
$839
−$350 vs TN · 46th of 95
Owner-occupied
22,614
Renter-occupied
5,581

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Moderately concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 59% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $72,668/yr) pays 2.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $25,306/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 78%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Cumberland County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 79.1% in 2024, 78.0% in 2020, 77.6% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 34,642 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201677.6%19.8%
202078.0%20.8%
202479.1%20.2%
  • Republican 27,399 79.1%
  • Democratic 6,996 20.2%
  • Other / third-party 247 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 68% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 3.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

3.4% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Tagalog, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 11.8% of the adult civilian population (6,233 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

96.6% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 1,155 1.9%
  • Tagalog 288 0.5%
  • German or other West Germanic 201 0.3%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 73 0.1%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 50 0.1%
  • Korean 30 0.0%
  • Chinese 10 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
28,195
Family households
19,111
67.8% of households
Married couples w/ children
3,671
19.2% of families
Single-mother families
1,003
5.2% of families
Veterans
6,233
11.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

53.6% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 23,809 38.9%
  • Mainline Protestant 5,160 8.4%
  • Catholic 1,912 3.1%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,735 2.8%
  • Black Protestant 176 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
91.6%
±0.9 pp
Uninsured
8.4%
±0.9 pp
72nd of 95
With a disability
19.4%
±1.5 pp
43rd of 95
Bachelor's or higher
19.1%
±1.3 pp
−12.0 pp vs TN · 42nd of 95
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
12.0%
90% interval 10.7%–13.3% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
13th Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges
4 (Circuit Court judges per district; Chancery + Criminal Court judges separate; vintage 2026 tncourts.gov)
Court seats
Byrdstown, Celina, Cookeville, Crossville, Livingston, Smithville, Sparta

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Cumberland totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 14 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
14
26.45 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
12

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Cumberland County, Tennessee to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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