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Jury Pool Profile

Greene County, Tennessee

Republican +65.8 (2024)
County seat
Greeneville
Judicial district
3rd Judicial District Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
73,831
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 71,628.

At a glance

Greene County is a 73,831-person venue. The county population is 91% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $58,962, $13,045 below the TN state median of $72,007; 18.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 3.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 25.8% of covered employment, average pay $51,592/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.63%, above the 3.55% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 79% to 82% of the vote across the three.

Population
71,628
Median household income
$56,194
Unemployment
4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 91% / 2%.

Greene County has a population of 71,628, with a median age of 44.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 91.4%; Black residents 1.7%. Independently, 3.9% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $58,962; 18.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 16.3% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 65,138 90.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,773 3.9%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,217 1.7%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 365 0.5%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,905 2.7%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 51 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 28 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 151 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 44.7

  • Under 18 13,591 19.0%
  • 18–24 6,081 8.5%
  • 25–44 16,422 22.9%
  • 45–64 19,696 27.5%
  • 65 and over 15,838 22.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$58,962
90% interval $53,463–$64,461
−$13,045 vs TN · 59th of 95
Below poverty line
16.3%
90% interval 13.6%–19.0%
+3.0 pp vs TN · 28th of 95

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by trade & transportation and manufacturing

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Trade, transportation & utilities, 6,442 jobs; Manufacturing, 5,502, is within 20% of it.

Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 25.8% of covered employment, followed by Manufacturing at 22.1%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.63%, above the Tennessee state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.6%
+1.08 pp vs. state
County GDP
$3.4B
0.61% of state
Avg. annual pay
$52,214
Establishments
1,487

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 6,442 25.8%
  • Manufacturing 5,502 22.1%
  • Education & health services 5,497 22.0%
  • Leisure & hospitality 2,185 8.8%
  • Professional & business services 1,763 7.1%
  • Public administration 1,206 4.8%
  • Financial activities 803 3.2%
  • Construction 779 3.1%
  • Other services 458 1.8%
  • Natural resources & mining 176 0.7%
  • Information 120 0.5%
  • Unclassified 10 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
77.1%
+10.2 pp vs TN · 36th of 95
Median gross rent
$737
−$452 vs TN · 79th of 95
Owner-occupied
21,899
Renter-occupied
6,501

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 70% 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.

  • Wide wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $93,914/yr) pays 4.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,136/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 17 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: 80%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Greene County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 82.3% in 2024, 79.3% in 2020, 78.9% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 31,095 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201678.9%17.9%
202079.3%18.5%
202482.3%16.5%
  • Republican 25,586 82.3%
  • Democratic 5,145 16.5%
  • Other / third-party 364 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 66% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 3.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

3.8% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Korean, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 8.1% of the adult civilian population (4,703 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

96.2% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 1,947 2.9%
  • Korean 240 0.4%
  • German or other West Germanic 164 0.2%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 82 0.1%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 81 0.1%
  • Tagalog 18 0.0%
  • Arabic 11 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
28,400
Family households
18,760
66.1% of households
Married couples w/ children
4,428
23.6% of families
Single-mother families
1,187
6.3% of families
Veterans
4,703
8.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

48.8% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 23,536 33.6%
  • Mainline Protestant 8,138 11.6%
  • Catholic 1,300 1.9%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,086 1.5%
  • Black Protestant 150 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
90.8%
±1.2 pp
Uninsured
9.2%
±1.2 pp
56th of 95
With a disability
23.0%
±1.6 pp
14th of 95
Bachelor's or higher
18.7%
±1.6 pp
−12.4 pp vs TN · 45th of 95
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
11.5%
90% interval 10.4%–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
3rd Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges
3 (Circuit Court judges per district; Chancery + Criminal Court judges separate; vintage 2026 tncourts.gov)
Court seats
Greeneville, Morristown, Rogersville, Sneedville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Greene totals, 2024

Traffic fatalities
24
41.35 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
21

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Greene 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.

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