Jury Pool Profile
Rhea County, Tennessee
Republican +67 (2024)
- Population
- 33,299
- Median household income
- $58,133
- Unemployment
- 4.3%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 29,670 89.1%
- Black or African American alone 538 1.6%
- Asian alone 335 1.0%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 34 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 714 2.1%
- Two or more races 2,008 6.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,032 6.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 41
- Under 18 7,364 22.1%
- 18–24 2,754 8.3%
- 25–44 7,929 23.8%
- 45–64 8,812 26.5%
- 65 and over 6,440 19.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.3%
- +0.75 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $3.0B
- 0.53% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $57,168
- Establishments
- 635
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Manufacturing 3,734 31.1%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 2,817 23.5%
- Education & health services 2,296 19.1%
- Leisure & hospitality 1,014 8.5%
- Professional & business services 842 7.0%
- Public administration 583 4.9%
- Financial activities 245 2.0%
- Construction 211 1.8%
- Natural resources & mining 120 1.0%
- Other services 100 0.8%
- Information 26 0.2%
- Unclassified 2 0.0%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 73.0%
- Median gross rent
- $796
- Owner-occupied
- 9,661
- Renter-occupied
- 3,582
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 14,444 votes cast
- Republican 11,974 82.9%
- Democratic 2,312 16.0%
- Other / third-party 158 1.1%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
95.6% speak only English at home
- Spanish 1,096 3.5%
- Other Indo-European 214 0.7%
- French (incl. Cajun) 20 0.1%
- German 11 0.0%
- Chinese 10 0.0%
- Slavic languages 6 0.0%
- Korean 5 0.0%
- Other 4 0.0%
- Tagalog 2 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 13,243
- Family households
- 9,822
- 74.2% of households
- Married w/ children
- 7,054
- Single-mother households
- 1,130
- Veterans
- 2,364
- 9.1% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
42.9% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 10,743 32.7%
- Mainline Protestant 2,002 6.1%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 739 2.2%
- Catholic 400 1.2%
- Black Protestant 228 0.7%
- Orthodox 5 0.0%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 88.6%
- With a disability
- 19.3%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 17.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 12th Judicial District Circuit Court
- Judges
- 3 (Circuit Court judges per district; Chancery + Criminal Court judges separate; vintage 2026 tncourts.gov)
- Court seats
- Altamont, Dayton, Dunlap, Jasper, Pikeville, Winchester
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Tennessee statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 4
- 15.42 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 4
NHTSA FARS 2023