Jury Pool Profile

Hamilton County, Tennessee

Republican +13 (2024)

Population: 370,913
Median household income: $72,568
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 263,665 71.1%
Black or African American alone 65,155 17.6%
Asian alone 7,230 1.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 734 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 113 0.0%
Some other race alone 10,910 2.9%
Two or more races 23,106 6.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 28,357 7.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.5

Under 18 78,520 21.2%
18–24 30,913 8.3%
25–44 101,055 27.2%
45–64 93,263 25.1%
65 and over 67,162 18.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.17 pp vs. state
County GDP: $37.3B; 6.64% of state
Avg. annual pay: $66,004
Establishments: 13,611

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 47,110 21.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 45,867 20.7%
Manufacturing 29,368 13.3%
Professional & business services 26,572 12.0%
Leisure & hospitality 25,191 11.4%
Financial activities 15,600 7.1%
Construction 12,026 5.4%
Public administration 9,492 4.3%
Other services 6,921 3.1%
Information 2,777 1.3%
Natural resources & mining 230 0.1%
Unclassified 53 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 64.3%
Median gross rent: $1,163
Owner-occupied: 97,369
Renter-occupied: 53,947

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Largest employers

Principal employers by headcount

#	Employer	Sector	Employees
1	BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee	Health care financing / insurance	6,303
2	Erlanger Health	Health system	5,681
3	Hamilton County Schools	Public education (K-12)	5,605
4	Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. - Chattanooga Plant	Automobile manufacturing	3,937
5	Tennessee Valley Authority	Electric utility	3,748
6	CHI Memorial	Health care	3,645
7	Unum Group	Insurance	3,219
8	Roper Corporation	Cooking-products manufacturing (GE Appliances subsidiary; plant in LaFayette, Walker County, GA, within the Chattanooga MSA)	2,574
9	City of Chattanooga	Local government	2,437
10	Hamilton County Government	Local government	1,942
11	Astec Industries, Inc.	Construction/asphalt equipment manufacturing (HQ Chattanooga)	1,689
12	Amazon.com Services LLC	Distribution / logistics	1,508

Source: Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce — Major Employers List 2026 (employment as of 12/31/2025) (2026)

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 174,438 votes cast

Republican 97,195 55.7%
Democratic 74,437 42.7%
Other / third-party 2,806 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 20,256 5.8%
Other Indo-European 2,517 0.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,523 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,172 0.3%
German 1,109 0.3%
Arabic 1,035 0.3%
Slavic languages 935 0.3%
Other 639 0.2%
Vietnamese 614 0.2%
Tagalog 613 0.2%
Chinese 598 0.2%
Korean 541 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 151,316
Family households: 95,324; 63.0% of households
Married w/ children: 69,932
Single-mother households: 9,239
Veterans: 20,175; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

59.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 145,498 39.7%
Mainline Protestant 30,327 8.3%
Black Protestant 20,320 5.5%
Catholic 11,423 3.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 8,341 2.3%
Orthodox 399 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.4%
With a disability: 14.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 37.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 11th Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges: 6 (Circuit Court judges per district; Chancery + Criminal Court judges separate; vintage 2026 tncourts.gov)
Court seats: Chattanooga

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Tennessee statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 51; 17.44 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 48

NHTSA FARS 2023