Jury Pool Profile

Fayette County, Tennessee

Republican +42 (2024)

Population: 42,653
Median household income: $84,764
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 28,407 66.6%
Black or African American alone 11,500 27.0%
Asian alone 270 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 26 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 914 2.1%
Two or more races 1,536 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,542 3.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.2

Under 18 7,805 18.3%
18–24 2,857 6.7%
25–44 9,565 22.4%
45–64 12,882 30.2%
65 and over 9,544 22.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; +0.12 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.0B; 0.36% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,079
Establishments: 823

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,847 22.8%
Manufacturing 1,450 17.9%
Education & health services 1,133 14.0%
Construction 797 9.8%
Professional & business services 786 9.7%
Public administration 726 9.0%
Leisure & hospitality 671 8.3%
Financial activities 289 3.6%
Other services 224 2.8%
Natural resources & mining 106 1.3%
Information 58 0.7%
Unclassified 6 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.7%
Median gross rent: $883
Owner-occupied: 13,509
Renter-occupied: 3,221

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 23,696 votes cast

Republican 16,756 70.7%
Democratic 6,720 28.4%
Other / third-party 220 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,103 2.7%
Vietnamese 111 0.3%
Arabic 92 0.2%
Chinese 84 0.2%
German 48 0.1%
Tagalog 23 0.1%
Other Indo-European 20 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 19 0.0%
Other 17 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 13 0.0%
Korean 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 16,730
Family households: 12,093; 72.3% of households
Married w/ children: 9,347
Single-mother households: 733
Veterans: 3,072; 8.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

57.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 15,444 36.8%
Black Protestant 4,620 11.0%
Mainline Protestant 1,867 4.4%
Catholic 1,342 3.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 680 1.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.1%
With a disability: 17.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 26.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 25th Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (Circuit Court judges per district; Chancery + Criminal Court judges separate; vintage 2026 tncourts.gov)
Court seats: Bolivar, Covington, Ripley, Selmer, Somerville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Tennessee statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 25.83 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023