Jury Pool Profile

Fentress County, Tennessee

Republican +76 (2024)

Population: 18,948
Median household income: $50,865
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 18,023 95.1%
Black or African American alone 57 0.3%
Asian alone 42 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 15 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 14 0.1%
Some other race alone 49 0.3%
Two or more races 748 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 374 2.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47

Under 18 3,877 20.5%
18–24 1,378 7.3%
25–44 3,955 20.9%
45–64 5,372 28.4%
65 and over 4,366 23.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; +0.14 pp vs. state
County GDP: $769.0M; 0.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,622
Establishments: 409

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,064 53.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,131 19.6%
Public administration 350 6.1%
Manufacturing 276 4.8%
Leisure & hospitality 258 4.5%
Financial activities 194 3.4%
Construction 149 2.6%
Professional & business services 107 1.9%
Natural resources & mining 102 1.8%
Other services 70 1.2%
Information 62 1.1%
Unclassified 5 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.6%
Median gross rent: $614
Owner-occupied: 6,208
Renter-occupied: 1,498

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,771 votes cast

Republican 8,555 87.6%
Democratic 1,149 11.8%
Other / third-party 67 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 170 0.9%
Korean 28 0.2%
German 20 0.1%
Slavic languages 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,706
Family households: 4,878; 63.3% of households
Married w/ children: 3,687
Single-mother households: 290
Veterans: 1,382; 9.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,382 29.1%
Mainline Protestant 908 4.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 353 1.9%
Catholic 105 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.1%
With a disability: 24.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (Circuit Court judges per district; Chancery + Criminal Court judges separate; vintage 2026 tncourts.gov)
Court seats: Huntsville, Jacksboro, Jamestown, Maynardville, Tazewell

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Tennessee statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 26.54 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023