Jury Pool Profile

Scott County, Tennessee

Republican +80 (2024)

Population: 21,969
Median household income: $42,679
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 21,221 96.6%
Black or African American alone 86 0.4%
Asian alone 90 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 54 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 7 0.0%
Some other race alone 25 0.1%
Two or more races 486 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 29 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.7

Under 18 5,152 23.5%
18–24 1,734 7.9%
25–44 5,413 24.6%
45–64 5,949 27.1%
65 and over 3,721 16.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; +0.64 pp vs. state
County GDP: $699.5M; 0.12% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,563
Establishments: 456

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,588 27.1%
Manufacturing 1,260 21.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,222 20.8%
Leisure & hospitality 556 9.5%
Construction 470 8.0%
Public administration 363 6.2%
Professional & business services 137 2.3%
Financial activities 136 2.3%
Other services 102 1.7%
Information 24 0.4%
Natural resources & mining 13 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.8%
Median gross rent: $691
Owner-occupied: 6,201
Renter-occupied: 2,437

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,605 votes cast

Republican 8,608 89.6%
Democratic 942 9.8%
Other / third-party 55 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.5% speak only English at home

Vietnamese 47 0.2%
Spanish 40 0.2%
Tagalog 10 0.0%
German 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,638
Family households: 5,803; 67.2% of households
Married w/ children: 3,991
Single-mother households: 683
Veterans: 1,176; 7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

35.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 7,127 32.6%
Mainline Protestant 440 2.0%
Black Protestant 150 0.7%
Catholic 20 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.9%
With a disability: 26.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 10.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (Circuit Court judges per district; Chancery + Criminal Court judges separate; vintage 2026 tncourts.gov)
Court seats: Huntsville, Jacksboro, Jamestown, Maynardville, Tazewell

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Tennessee statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 29.73 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023