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Jury Pool Profile

Moore County, Tennessee

Republican +68.9 (2024)
County seat
Lynchburg
Judicial district
17th Judicial District Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
6,920
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 6,674.

At a glance

Moore County is a 6,920-person venue. The county population is 93% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $76,465, $4,458 above the TN state median of $72,007; 24.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The largest published sector is Education & health services, at 28.5% of covered employment, average pay $48,204/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.45%, below the 3.55% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 80% to 84% of the vote across the three.

Population
6,674
Median household income
$66,469
Unemployment
3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 93% / 2%.

Moore County has a population of 6,674, with a median age of 46.2. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 92.6%; Black residents 2.2%. Independently, 2.1% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $76,465; 24.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 8.9% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 6,131 91.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 140 2.1%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 144 2.2%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 39 0.6%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 216 3.2%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 3 0.0%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 46.2

  • Under 18 1,307 19.6%
  • 18–24 503 7.5%
  • 25–44 1,435 21.5%
  • 45–64 1,952 29.2%
  • 65 and over 1,477 22.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$76,465
90% interval $67,395–$85,535
+$4,458 vs TN · 16th of 95
Below poverty line
8.9%
90% interval 6.6%–11.2%
−4.4 pp vs TN · 90th of 95

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Manufacturing anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW, with cells BLS withholds estimated from Census County Business Patterns (private jobs) and the statewide public-sector mix: Manufacturing, about 47% of covered jobs.

Education & health services is the largest published sector at 28.5% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 4.7%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.45%, below the Tennessee state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.5%
−0.1 pp vs. state
County GDP
$625.1M
0.11% of state
Avg. annual pay
$60,819
Establishments
84

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 672 28.5%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 110 4.7%
  • Public administration 107 4.5%
  • Construction 53 2.3%
  • Professional & business services 12 0.5%

The sectors listed cover 40.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
82.5%
+15.6 pp vs TN · 8th of 95
Median gross rent
$841
−$348 vs TN · 45th of 95
Owner-occupied
2,260
Renter-occupied
479

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Diversified

    Top three sectors employ 38% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

  • Compressed wage spread

    Highest-paid sector pays only 2.1× the lowest ($72,973 vs $35,422/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

  • Institutional employer scale

    Average establishment employs 28 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 82%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Moore County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 83.7% in 2024, 81.6% in 2020, 79.5% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,654 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201679.5%17.0%
202081.6%16.2%
202483.7%14.8%
  • Republican 3,060 83.7%
  • Democratic 542 14.8%
  • Other / third-party 52 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-dominant, English-speaking

Family households are 71% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 0.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

0.9% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 14.4% of the adult civilian population (774 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

99.1% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 48 0.8%
  • German or other West Germanic 6 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
2,739
Family households
1,932
70.5% of households
Married couples w/ children
361
18.7% of families
Single-mother families
107
5.5% of families
Veterans
774
14.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

32.5% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 1,458 22.6%
  • Mainline Protestant 488 7.6%
  • Black Protestant 150 2.3%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
93.0%
±2.9 pp
Uninsured
7.0%
±2.9 pp
92nd of 95
With a disability
15.0%
±2.3 pp
76th of 95
Bachelor's or higher
24.1%
±5.7 pp
−7.0 pp vs TN · 21st of 95
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
9.4%
90% interval 8.2%–10.6% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
17th Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges
2 (Circuit Court judges per district; Chancery + Criminal Court judges separate; vintage 2026 tncourts.gov)
Court seats
Fayetteville, Lewisburg, Lynchburg, Shelbyville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Moore totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 4 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
4
74.53 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
4

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Moore County, Tennessee to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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