Jury Pool Profile
Dyer County, Tennessee
- County seat
- Dyersburg
- Judicial district
- 29th Judicial District Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 36,320
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 36,508.
At a glance
Dyer County is a 36,320-person venue. The county population is 77% White and 15% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $63,008, $8,999 below the TN state median of $72,007; 21.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 2.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Manufacturing, at 29.4% of covered employment, average pay $72,296/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.45%, below the 3.55% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 77% to 81% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 36,508
- Median household income
- $58,154
- Unemployment
- 3.5%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 77% / 15%.
Dyer County has a population of 36,508, with a median age of 40.2. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 77.5%; Black residents 15.0%. Independently, 4.0% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $63,008; 21.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 14.3% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Manufacturing, about 29% of covered jobs.
Manufacturing is the largest employment sector at 29.4% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 21.1%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.45%, below the Tennessee state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 78%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Dyer County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 80.6% in 2024, 78.0% in 2020, 76.6% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 64% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 2.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
2.4% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Arabic, Chinese. Veterans account for 6.8% of the adult civilian population (1,883 individuals).