Jury Pool Profile

Roane County, Tennessee

Republican +54 (2024)

Population: 54,403
Median household income: $66,218
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 49,989 91.9%
Black or African American alone 1,294 2.4%
Asian alone 348 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 165 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 268 0.5%
Two or more races 2,339 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,225 2.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.4

Under 18 10,221 18.8%
18–24 3,688 6.8%
25–44 11,799 21.7%
45–64 16,059 29.5%
65 and over 12,636 23.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; +0.16 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.5B; 0.63% of state
Avg. annual pay: $82,676
Establishments: 1,053

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Professional & business services 7,832 41.1%
Education & health services 3,383 17.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,321 17.4%
Leisure & hospitality 1,660 8.7%
Manufacturing 916 4.8%
Public administration 768 4.0%
Other services 452 2.4%
Financial activities 278 1.5%
Construction 59 0.3%
Information 53 0.3%
Unclassified 11 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.6%
Median gross rent: $767
Owner-occupied: 17,492
Renter-occupied: 5,047

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 27,412 votes cast

Republican 21,011 76.6%
Democratic 6,073 22.2%
Other / third-party 328 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 541 1.0%
German 266 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 182 0.4%
Other Indo-European 170 0.3%
Korean 75 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 59 0.1%
Tagalog 53 0.1%
Other 37 0.1%
Arabic 36 0.1%
Vietnamese 13 0.0%
Slavic languages 7 0.0%
Chinese 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 22,539
Family households: 15,170; 67.3% of households
Married w/ children: 11,813
Single-mother households: 906
Veterans: 4,122; 9.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

60.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 27,209 50.9%
Mainline Protestant 2,673 5.0%
Black Protestant 1,324 2.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 746 1.4%
Catholic 460 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.4%
With a disability: 18.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.0%

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: 11; 24.9 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023