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Jury Pool Profile

Giles County, Tennessee

Republican +55.0 (2024)
County seat
Pulaski
Judicial district
22nd Judicial District Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
31,433
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 30,620.

At a glance

Giles County is a 31,433-person venue. The county population is 83% White and 9% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $65,859, $6,148 below the TN state median of $72,007; 20.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 2.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Manufacturing, at 30.0% of covered employment, average pay $67,018/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.46%, above the 3.55% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 72% to 77% of the vote across the three.

Population
30,620
Median household income
$62,307
Unemployment
4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 83% / 9%.

Giles County has a population of 30,620, with a median age of 43.5. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 83.4%; Black residents 8.5%. Independently, 2.9% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $65,859; 20.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 13.3% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 25,382 82.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 894 2.9%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,617 8.5%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 150 0.5%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,313 4.3%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 24 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 240 0.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 43.5

  • Under 18 6,318 20.6%
  • 18–24 2,569 8.4%
  • 25–44 6,983 22.8%
  • 45–64 8,287 27.1%
  • 65 and over 6,463 21.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$65,859
90% interval $59,415–$72,303
−$6,148 vs TN · 31st of 95
Below poverty line
13.3%
90% interval 10.3%–16.3%
+0.0 pp vs TN · 63rd of 95

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Manufacturing anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Manufacturing, about 30% of covered jobs.

Manufacturing is the largest employment sector at 30.0% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 19.9%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.46%, above the Tennessee state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.5%
+0.91 pp vs. state
County GDP
$1.6B
0.29% of state
Avg. annual pay
$54,332
Establishments
681

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Manufacturing 2,880 30.0%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 1,913 19.9%
  • Education & health services 1,852 19.3%
  • Leisure & hospitality 860 8.9%
  • Professional & business services 535 5.6%
  • Public administration 452 4.7%
  • Financial activities 406 4.2%
  • Construction 350 3.6%
  • Information 155 1.6%
  • Other services 136 1.4%
  • Natural resources & mining 69 0.7%
  • Unclassified 6 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
73.3%
+6.4 pp vs TN · 59th of 95
Median gross rent
$862
−$327 vs TN · 35th of 95
Owner-occupied
8,839
Renter-occupied
3,219

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 69% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $80,954/yr) pays 3.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $26,530/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 14 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 74%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Giles County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 77.1% in 2024, 74.1% in 2020, 71.6% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,487 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201671.6%26.2%
202074.1%25.0%
202477.1%22.1%
  • Republican 10,394 77.1%
  • Democratic 2,974 22.1%
  • Other / third-party 119 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 67% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 2.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

2.8% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Chinese. Veterans account for 9.1% of the adult civilian population (2,207 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

97.2% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 484 1.7%
  • German or other West Germanic 149 0.5%
  • Chinese 46 0.2%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 27 0.1%
  • Korean 25 0.1%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 17 0.1%
  • Arabic 10 0.0%
  • Vietnamese 4 0.0%
  • Tagalog 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
12,058
Family households
8,109
67.2% of households
Married couples w/ children
1,733
21.4% of families
Single-mother families
554
6.8% of families
Veterans
2,207
9.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

59.0% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 12,482 41.1%
  • Mainline Protestant 3,080 10.1%
  • Black Protestant 1,954 6.4%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 191 0.6%
  • Catholic 185 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
92.6%
±1.5 pp
Uninsured
7.4%
±1.5 pp
89th of 95
With a disability
17.6%
±1.8 pp
62nd of 95
Bachelor's or higher
20.1%
±2.2 pp
−11.0 pp vs TN · 40th of 95
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
11.4%
90% interval 10.2%–12.6% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
22nd Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges
3 (Circuit Court judges per district; Chancery + Criminal Court judges separate; vintage 2026 tncourts.gov)
Court seats
Columbia, Lawrenceburg, Pulaski, Waynesboro

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Giles totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 10 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
10
41.15 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
9

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Giles County, Tennessee to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

Data sources