Jury Pool Profile
DeKalb County, Tennessee
Republican +63 (2024)
- Population
- 20,551
- Median household income
- $48,484
- Unemployment
- 4.1%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 18,246 88.8%
- Black or African American alone 377 1.8%
- Asian alone 167 0.8%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 89 0.4%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 886 4.3%
- Two or more races 786 3.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,551 7.5%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 42.2
- Under 18 4,496 21.9%
- 18–24 1,519 7.4%
- 25–44 4,986 24.3%
- 45–64 5,685 27.7%
- 65 and over 3,865 18.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.1%
- +0.58 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $882.9M
- 0.16% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $48,873
- Establishments
- 467
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Manufacturing 1,917 35.6%
- Education & health services 892 16.6%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 871 16.2%
- Leisure & hospitality 554 10.3%
- Public administration 345 6.4%
- Construction 176 3.3%
- Natural resources & mining 171 3.2%
- Financial activities 167 3.1%
- Professional & business services 160 3.0%
- Information 89 1.7%
- Other services 43 0.8%
- Unclassified 2 0.0%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 68.9%
- Median gross rent
- $773
- Owner-occupied
- 5,850
- Renter-occupied
- 2,645
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 9,396 votes cast
- Republican 7,599 80.9%
- Democratic 1,706 18.2%
- Other / third-party 91 1.0%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
94.8% speak only English at home
- Spanish 856 4.5%
- French (incl. Cajun) 65 0.3%
- Other Asian/Pacific 39 0.2%
- Tagalog 12 0.1%
- Arabic 11 0.1%
- German 3 0.0%
- Chinese 1 0.0%
- Other 1 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 8,495
- Family households
- 5,510
- 64.9% of households
- Married w/ children
- 4,215
- Single-mother households
- 395
- Veterans
- 1,277
- 8% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
42.8% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 6,554 32.6%
- Mainline Protestant 1,048 5.2%
- Catholic 335 1.7%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 299 1.5%
- Black Protestant 292 1.5%
- Orthodox 60 0.3%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 91.6%
- With a disability
- 21.6%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 20.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
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 countys.
Traffic safety context
Tennessee statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 2
- 12.46 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 2
NHTSA FARS 2023