Jury Pool Profile

Putnam County, Tennessee

Republican +47 (2024)

Population: 81,366
Median household income: $56,537
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 71,391 87.7%
Black or African American alone 2,016 2.5%
Asian alone 946 1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 406 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,175 2.7%
Two or more races 4,432 5.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,538 8.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.1

Under 18 17,040 20.9%
18–24 12,024 14.8%
25–44 19,820 24.4%
45–64 19,149 23.5%
65 and over 13,333 16.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; +0.07 pp vs. state
County GDP: $5.3B; 0.94% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,328
Establishments: 2,565

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 10,690 27.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 8,866 22.4%
Manufacturing 5,151 13.0%
Leisure & hospitality 4,883 12.3%
Professional & business services 2,920 7.4%
Public administration 2,071 5.2%
Financial activities 1,667 4.2%
Other services 892 2.2%
Construction 97 0.2%
Information 32 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 60.7%
Median gross rent: $881
Owner-occupied: 20,058
Renter-occupied: 12,999

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 34,939 votes cast

Republican 25,554 73.1%
Democratic 8,991 25.7%
Other / third-party 394 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,550 4.6%
Other Indo-European 362 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 256 0.3%
Vietnamese 238 0.3%
Other 153 0.2%
German 152 0.2%
Chinese 144 0.2%
Arabic 136 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 88 0.1%
Tagalog 72 0.1%
Slavic languages 57 0.1%
Korean 35 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 33,057
Family households: 20,510; 62.0% of households
Married w/ children: 15,218
Single-mother households: 1,747
Veterans: 4,151; 6.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 25,836 32.4%
Mainline Protestant 4,165 5.2%
Catholic 3,144 3.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,528 3.2%
Black Protestant 696 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.5%
With a disability: 12.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 29.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 13th Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (Circuit Court judges per district; Chancery + Criminal Court judges separate; vintage 2026 tncourts.gov)
Court seats: Byrdstown, Celina, Cookeville, Crossville, Livingston, Smithville, Sparta

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Tennessee statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 16; 24.87 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 14

NHTSA FARS 2023