Jury Pool Profile

Davidson County, Tennessee

Democratic +27 (2024)

Population: 709,846
Median household income: $75,664
Unemployment: 3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 404,978 57.1%
Black or African American alone 178,861 25.2%
Asian alone 24,115 3.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,385 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 350 0.0%
Some other race alone 34,417 4.8%
Two or more races 64,740 9.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96,481 13.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 34.6

Under 18 148,110 20.9%
18–24 68,464 9.6%
25–44 245,589 34.6%
45–64 157,530 22.2%
65 and over 90,153 12.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.0%; -0.53 pp vs. state
County GDP: $116.9B; 20.83% of state
Avg. annual pay: $83,096
Establishments: 34,919

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 124,485 22.4%
Professional & business services 105,610 19.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 100,254 18.1%
Leisure & hospitality 73,197 13.2%
Public administration 33,562 6.0%
Financial activities 32,488 5.8%
Construction 31,213 5.6%
Manufacturing 20,085 3.6%
Other services 18,290 3.3%
Information 15,459 2.8%
Natural resources & mining 447 0.1%
Unclassified 314 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 53.4%
Median gross rent: $1,485
Owner-occupied: 168,040
Renter-occupied: 146,538

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Largest employers

Principal employers by headcount

#	Employer	Sector	Employees
1	Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC)	Healthcare	32,000*
2	HCA Healthcare	Healthcare	27,000*
3	State of Tennessee	Government	27,000*
4	Nissan North America (Middle TN region; HQ Franklin, plants Smyrna/Decherd — not Davidson Co.)	Manufacturing	11,000*
5	Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County (general government)	Government	10,700*
6	Vanderbilt University	Education	9,500*
7	Metro Nashville Public Schools	Education	11,000*
8	Ascension Saint Thomas Health	Healthcare	5,000*
9	Amazon	Technology/Logistics	5,000*
10	Dollar General Corporation (HQ Goodlettsville; corporate & distribution)	Retail	3,500*
11	Asurion (Middle TN local footprint)	Technology	3,600*
12	Bridgestone Americas	Manufacturing/Corporate	2,800*

* Headcount is an estimate.

Source: The Cauble Group, "10 Largest Private Employers Headquartered in Nashville & Middle Tennessee" (compiling Nashville Business Journal 2025 rankings + Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce), cross-checked against NewsChannel 5/WTVF reporting on the Nashville Business Journal largest-employers list and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce "Top Employers" page (2021 Book of Lists). Magnitude sanity-checked against BLS QCEW (Davidson County total covered employment 563,800, Q4 2024). (2025)

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 290,036 votes cast

Democratic 181,862 62.7%
Republican 102,256 35.3%
Other / third-party 5,918 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

81.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 71,000 10.7%
Arabic 12,570 1.9%
Other 12,136 1.8%
Other Indo-European 10,081 1.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 6,510 1.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 3,092 0.5%
Chinese 2,875 0.4%
Vietnamese 1,898 0.3%
Slavic languages 1,742 0.3%
Korean 1,532 0.2%
Tagalog 1,302 0.2%
German 1,065 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 314,578
Family households: 163,363; 51.9% of households
Married w/ children: 112,080
Single-mother households: 20,965
Veterans: 26,488; 4.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

61.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 195,969 27.4%
Black Protestant 81,939 11.4%
Catholic 62,003 8.7%
Mainline Protestant 47,909 6.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 36,639 5.1%
Orthodox 17,237 2.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.7%
With a disability: 11.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 47.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 20th Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges: 9 (Circuit Court judges per district; Chancery + Criminal Court judges separate; vintage 2026 tncourts.gov)
Court seats: Nashville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Tennessee statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 138; 24.57 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 126

NHTSA FARS 2023