Jury Pool Profile

Jefferson County, Tennessee

Republican +64 (2024)

Population: 55,835
Median household income: $63,084
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 51,211 91.7%
Black or African American alone 863 1.5%
Asian alone 308 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 24 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 28 0.1%
Some other race alone 688 1.2%
Two or more races 2,713 4.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,525 4.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.1

Under 18 10,763 19.3%
18–24 4,864 8.7%
25–44 12,677 22.7%
45–64 16,213 29.0%
65 and over 11,318 20.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; +0.15 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.4B; 0.44% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,672
Establishments: 1,038

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 3,744 26.6%
Education & health services 3,251 23.1%
Manufacturing 2,084 14.8%
Leisure & hospitality 1,396 9.9%
Public administration 933 6.6%
Professional & business services 813 5.8%
Other services 392 2.8%
Financial activities 289 2.1%
Construction 68 0.5%
Information 58 0.4%
Unclassified 4 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.0%
Median gross rent: $880
Owner-occupied: 15,807
Renter-occupied: 5,544

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 25,815 votes cast

Republican 21,068 81.6%
Democratic 4,503 17.4%
Other / third-party 244 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,589 3.0%
Other Indo-European 160 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 152 0.3%
Arabic 117 0.2%
German 66 0.1%
Chinese 55 0.1%
Tagalog 46 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 30 0.1%
Slavic languages 26 0.0%
Other 6 0.0%
Korean 5 0.0%
Vietnamese 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 21,351
Family households: 15,237; 71.4% of households
Married w/ children: 11,779
Single-mother households: 1,052
Veterans: 4,294; 9.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

56.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 25,407 46.5%
Mainline Protestant 4,160 7.6%
Catholic 693 1.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 436 0.8%
Black Protestant 272 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.4%
With a disability: 19.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 4th Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (Circuit Court judges per district; Chancery + Criminal Court judges separate; vintage 2026 tncourts.gov)
Court seats: Dandridge, Newport, Rutledge, Sevierville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Tennessee statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 8.87 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023