Jury Pool Profile

Houston County, Tennessee

Republican +58 (2024)

Population: 8,293
Median household income: $54,475
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,715 93.0%
Black or African American alone 241 2.9%
Asian alone 30 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 28 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 15 0.2%
Two or more races 264 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 245 3.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.2

Under 18 1,769 21.3%
18–24 641 7.7%
25–44 1,894 22.8%
45–64 2,329 28.1%
65 and over 1,660 20.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; +0.56 pp vs. state
County GDP: $213.6M; 0.04% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,652
Establishments: 148

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 309 21.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 210 14.6%
Public administration 178 12.3%
Manufacturing 161 11.2%
Leisure & hospitality 95 6.6%
Financial activities 42 2.9%
Professional & business services 36 2.5%
Other services 21 1.5%
Construction 18 1.2%
Information 16 1.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.2%
Median gross rent: $685
Owner-occupied: 2,589
Renter-occupied: 601

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,810 votes cast

Republican 2,989 78.5%
Democratic 773 20.3%
Other / third-party 48 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 55 0.7%
Korean 7 0.1%
German 6 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 4 0.1%
Arabic 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,190
Family households: 2,034; 63.8% of households
Married w/ children: 1,474
Single-mother households: 209
Veterans: 712; 10.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,265 27.3%
Mainline Protestant 416 5.0%
Black Protestant 228 2.8%
Catholic 120 1.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.3%
With a disability: 19.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 23rd Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges: 2 (Circuit Court judges per district; Chancery + Criminal Court judges separate; vintage 2026 tncourts.gov)
Court seats: Ashland City, Charlotte, Dover, Erin, Waverly

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Tennessee statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023