Jury Pool Profile

Knox County, Tennessee

Republican +20 (2024)

Population: 487,401
Median household income: $71,662
Unemployment: 3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 395,867 81.2%
Black or African American alone 39,710 8.1%
Asian alone 10,862 2.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 795 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 377 0.1%
Some other race alone 9,513 2.0%
Two or more races 30,277 6.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 29,579 6.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.3

Under 18 102,675 21.1%
18–24 57,826 11.9%
25–44 130,026 26.7%
45–64 118,495 24.3%
65 and over 78,379 16.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.0%; -0.51 pp vs. state
County GDP: $43.6B; 7.77% of state
Avg. annual pay: $65,043
Establishments: 17,321

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 65,750 25.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 59,166 22.7%
Professional & business services 40,456 15.5%
Leisure & hospitality 32,154 12.3%
Construction 14,792 5.7%
Financial activities 13,904 5.3%
Manufacturing 13,262 5.1%
Other services 8,188 3.1%
Public administration 8,062 3.1%
Information 4,196 1.6%
Natural resources & mining 322 0.1%
Unclassified 117 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 64.9%
Median gross rent: $1,180
Owner-occupied: 128,142
Renter-occupied: 69,156

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 221,864 votes cast

Republican 130,815 59.0%
Democratic 87,516 39.4%
Other / third-party 3,533 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 18,745 4.1%
Other Indo-European 3,720 0.8%
Arabic 2,874 0.6%
Other 2,078 0.5%
Chinese 1,826 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,769 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,385 0.3%
Slavic languages 1,346 0.3%
German 1,156 0.3%
Vietnamese 883 0.2%
Korean 657 0.1%
Tagalog 540 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 197,298
Family households: 119,891; 60.8% of households
Married w/ children: 91,295
Single-mother households: 11,089
Veterans: 26,862; 7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

56.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 177,286 37.0%
Mainline Protestant 46,277 9.7%
Catholic 20,061 4.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 13,977 2.9%
Black Protestant 12,880 2.7%
Orthodox 872 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.6%
With a disability: 12.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 40.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Tennessee statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 86; 22.35 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 83

NHTSA FARS 2023