Jury Pool Profile
Scott County, Tennessee
- County seat
- Huntsville
- Judicial district
- 8th Judicial District Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 22,671
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 22,113.
At a glance
Scott County is a 22,671-person venue. The county population is 97% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $52,097, $19,910 below the TN state median of $72,007; 12.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 28.0% of covered employment, average pay $41,499/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.26%, above the 3.55% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 85% to 90% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 22,113
- Median household income
- $44,711
- Unemployment
- 4.3%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 97% / 0%.
Scott County has a population of 22,113, with a median age of 40.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 96.6%; Black residents 0.2%.
The median household earns $52,097; 12.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 17.7% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Education & health services, about 28% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 28.0% of covered employment, followed by Manufacturing at 21.2%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.26%, above the Tennessee state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 88%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Scott County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 89.6% in 2024, 88.4% in 2020, 84.9% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 67% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 0.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
0.4% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Vietnamese, Spanish, Tagalog. Veterans account for 6.6% of the adult civilian population (1,111 individuals).