Jury Pool Profile

Meigs County, Tennessee

Republican +68 (2024)

Population: 13,076
Median household income: $58,395
Unemployment: 5.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,865 90.7%
Black or African American alone 304 2.3%
Asian alone 63 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 25 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 60 0.5%
Two or more races 759 5.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 131 1.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.5

Under 18 2,670 20.4%
18–24 902 6.9%
25–44 2,877 22.0%
45–64 3,841 29.4%
65 and over 2,786 21.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.1%; +1.6 pp vs. state
County GDP: $352.7M; 0.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,796
Establishments: 164

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 723 37.4%
Education & health services 382 19.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 289 15.0%
Public administration 154 8.0%
Leisure & hospitality 151 7.8%
Professional & business services 107 5.5%
Construction 61 3.2%
Financial activities 41 2.1%
Natural resources & mining 11 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.9%
Median gross rent: $845
Owner-occupied: 4,062
Renter-occupied: 1,217

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,099 votes cast

Republican 5,085 83.4%
Democratic 968 15.9%
Other / third-party 46 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.4% speak only English at home

French (incl. Cajun) 87 0.7%
Spanish 72 0.6%
Other 19 0.2%
Tagalog 12 0.1%
Other Indo-European 9 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,279
Family households: 3,458; 65.5% of households
Married w/ children: 2,854
Single-mother households: 146
Veterans: 850; 8.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,192 40.7%
Mainline Protestant 670 5.3%
Black Protestant 150 1.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 126 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.2%
With a disability: 20.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 9th Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (Circuit Court judges per district; Chancery + Criminal Court judges separate; vintage 2026 tncourts.gov)
Court seats: Decatur, Kingston, Loudon, Wartburg

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Tennessee statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 57.66 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023