Jury Pool Profile

McMinn County, Tennessee

Republican +64 (2024)

Population: 54,135
Median household income: $59,674
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 48,323 89.3%
Black or African American alone 1,699 3.1%
Asian alone 433 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 32 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 329 0.6%
Two or more races 3,319 6.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,369 4.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.5

Under 18 11,469 21.2%
18–24 4,402 8.1%
25–44 12,486 23.1%
45–64 14,901 27.5%
65 and over 10,877 20.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; +0.9 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.7B; 0.48% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,929
Establishments: 1,098

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 5,160 30.0%
Education & health services 3,548 20.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,266 19.0%
Leisure & hospitality 1,700 9.9%
Professional & business services 1,088 6.3%
Financial activities 679 3.9%
Public administration 665 3.9%
Construction 661 3.8%
Other services 307 1.8%
Information 67 0.4%
Natural resources & mining 65 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.7%
Median gross rent: $792
Owner-occupied: 16,046
Renter-occupied: 5,425

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 24,072 votes cast

Republican 19,673 81.7%
Democratic 4,207 17.5%
Other / third-party 192 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,406 2.7%
German 275 0.5%
Other Indo-European 184 0.4%
Slavic languages 134 0.3%
Other 98 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 79 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 67 0.1%
Tagalog 64 0.1%
Arabic 23 0.0%
Chinese 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 21,471
Family households: 14,667; 68.3% of households
Married w/ children: 11,088
Single-mother households: 1,046
Veterans: 3,698; 8.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

68.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 30,197 56.7%
Mainline Protestant 4,384 8.2%
Black Protestant 982 1.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 738 1.4%
Catholic 245 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.6%
With a disability: 19.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 10th Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (Circuit Court judges per district; Chancery + Criminal Court judges separate; vintage 2026 tncourts.gov)
Court seats: Athens, Benton, Cleveland, Madisonville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Tennessee statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 18; 42.19 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 17

NHTSA FARS 2023