Jury Pool Profile

Polk County, Tennessee

Republican +68 (2024)

Population: 17,702
Median household income: $60,227
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 16,094 90.9%
Black or African American alone 144 0.8%
Asian alone 52 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 18 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 103 0.6%
Two or more races 1,291 7.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 369 2.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.2

Under 18 3,393 19.2%
18–24 1,283 7.2%
25–44 3,920 22.1%
45–64 5,441 30.7%
65 and over 3,665 20.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; +0.3 pp vs. state
County GDP: $482.6M; 0.09% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,945
Establishments: 340

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 603 21.9%
Leisure & hospitality 597 21.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 537 19.5%
Public administration 271 9.8%
Manufacturing 244 8.8%
Construction 158 5.7%
Financial activities 133 4.8%
Professional & business services 115 4.2%
Natural resources & mining 48 1.7%
Other services 35 1.3%
Information 16 0.6%
Unclassified 3 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 84.1%
Median gross rent: $668
Owner-occupied: 6,011
Renter-occupied: 1,133

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,727 votes cast

Republican 7,302 83.7%
Democratic 1,356 15.5%
Other / third-party 69 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.3% speak only English at home

German 229 1.4%
Spanish 170 1.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 22 0.1%
Other 15 0.1%
Korean 13 0.1%
Other Indo-European 8 0.0%
Tagalog 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,144
Family households: 4,895; 68.5% of households
Married w/ children: 3,734
Single-mother households: 256
Veterans: 920; 6.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

68.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 10,968 62.5%
Mainline Protestant 495 2.8%
Catholic 315 1.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 222 1.3%
Black Protestant 40 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 84.3%
With a disability: 20.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.7%

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: 2; 13.98 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023