Jury Pool Profile

Rutherford County, Tennessee

Republican +22 (2024)

Population: 351,591
Median household income: $82,588
Unemployment: 2.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 239,171 68.0%
Black or African American alone 52,801 15.0%
Asian alone 12,486 3.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 545 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 643 0.2%
Some other race alone 13,968 4.0%
Two or more races 31,977 9.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 40,625 11.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 34

Under 18 87,170 24.8%
18–24 41,117 11.7%
25–44 102,189 29.1%
45–64 82,730 23.5%
65 and over 38,385 10.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.9%; -0.6 pp vs. state
County GDP: $27.6B; 4.92% of state
Avg. annual pay: $63,681
Establishments: 8,776

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 38,314 25.7%
Education & health services 28,404 19.0%
Manufacturing 27,971 18.7%
Leisure & hospitality 16,226 10.9%
Professional & business services 13,806 9.2%
Construction 6,973 4.7%
Financial activities 5,636 3.8%
Public administration 4,860 3.3%
Other services 3,567 2.4%
Information 3,340 2.2%
Natural resources & mining 167 0.1%
Unclassified 90 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.0%
Median gross rent: $1,405
Owner-occupied: 81,828
Renter-occupied: 44,033

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Largest employers

Principal employers by headcount

#	Employer	Sector	Employees
1	Nissan Motor Manufacturing Corp. USA (Smyrna Assembly Plant)	Automotive manufacturing	8,000*
2	Rutherford County Government & Board of Education	Government / public education	7,441*
3	Amazon Fulfillment Center	E-commerce / logistics	2,700*
4	City of Murfreesboro (includes schools)	Government / public education	2,388*
5	Middle Tennessee State University	Higher education	2,205*
6	Ascension St. Thomas Rutherford	Healthcare / hospital	1,741*
7	Ingram Book Company (Ingram Content Group)	Book / media distribution	1,700*
8	Taylor Farms	Food processing	1,700*
9	Alvin C. York Veterans Administration Medical Center	Healthcare / federal (VA)	1,300*
10	Asurion	Tech care / device services	1,250*

* Headcount is an estimate.

Source: Rutherford County, Tennessee FY2023 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), Table 14 "Principal Employers" — Statistical Section. Compiled from Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce, Tennessee Dept. of Economic & Community Development, and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Published by the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury. (2023)

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 147,656 votes cast

Republican 88,811 60.1%
Democratic 56,656 38.4%
Other / third-party 2,189 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

84.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 29,950 9.1%
Arabic 6,253 1.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 5,865 1.8%
Other Indo-European 2,644 0.8%
Other 1,462 0.4%
Chinese 1,030 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 894 0.3%
Tagalog 826 0.3%
Vietnamese 694 0.2%
Slavic languages 678 0.2%
German 610 0.2%
Korean 202 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 125,861
Family households: 87,051; 69.2% of households
Married w/ children: 65,402
Single-mother households: 8,485
Veterans: 16,438; 6.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 88,619 26.0%
Mainline Protestant 14,097 4.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 10,366 3.0%
Catholic 8,740 2.6%
Black Protestant 6,046 1.8%
Orthodox 2,425 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.2%
With a disability: 11.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 34.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 16th Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (Circuit Court judges per district; Chancery + Criminal Court judges separate; vintage 2026 tncourts.gov)
Court seats: Murfreesboro, Woodbury

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Tennessee statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 37; 13.99 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 35

NHTSA FARS 2023