Jury Pool Profile

Shelby County, Tennessee

Democratic +25 (2024)

Population: 922,195
Median household income: $62,337
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 322,797 35.0%
Black or African American alone 487,064 52.8%
Asian alone 26,373 2.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,604 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 974 0.1%
Some other race alone 37,399 4.1%
Two or more races 43,984 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 78,252 8.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.8

Under 18 234,894 25.5%
18–24 80,446 8.7%
25–44 253,998 27.5%
45–64 220,251 23.9%
65 and over 132,606 14.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +1.09 pp vs. state
County GDP: $88.4B; 15.75% of state
Avg. annual pay: $71,518
Establishments: 24,468

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 144,815 30.0%
Education & health services 111,931 23.2%
Professional & business services 69,891 14.5%
Leisure & hospitality 44,142 9.1%
Manufacturing 28,211 5.8%
Public administration 25,810 5.3%
Financial activities 21,980 4.6%
Construction 18,205 3.8%
Other services 13,030 2.7%
Information 4,067 0.8%
Natural resources & mining 218 0.0%
Unclassified 169 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 54.6%
Median gross rent: $1,170
Owner-occupied: 196,804
Renter-occupied: 163,786

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Largest employers

Principal employers by headcount

#	Employer	Sector	Employees
1	FedEx	Logistics / shipping (HQ)	30,000*
2	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	Public education	14,000*
3	Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare	Healthcare	13,000*
4	Baptist Memorial Health Care	Healthcare	11,500*
5	St. Jude Children's Research Hospital	Healthcare / research	7,000*
6	AutoZone	Auto parts retail (HQ)	6,000*
7	First Horizon	Banking / finance (HQ)	6,000*
8	University of Tennessee Health Science Center	Higher education / health	4,000*
9	Vantiva	Technology / digital home	3,500*
10	Kroger	Grocery retail	2,500*
11	Smith & Nephew	Medical devices / orthopedics (manufacturing)	2,300*
12	International Paper	Paper / packaging (HQ)	2,000*

* Headcount is an estimate.

Source: Greater Memphis Chamber — WeAreMemphis "Major Employers in Memphis, TN" (2024)

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 326,497 votes cast

Democratic 201,759 61.8%
Republican 118,917 36.4%
Other / third-party 5,821 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 57,341 6.7%
Other Indo-European 7,520 0.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 5,729 0.7%
Other 5,585 0.7%
Arabic 4,043 0.5%
Vietnamese 3,273 0.4%
Chinese 3,131 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 2,156 0.3%
Slavic languages 1,560 0.2%
German 1,351 0.2%
Tagalog 1,119 0.1%
Korean 672 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 360,590
Family households: 218,222; 60.5% of households
Married w/ children: 129,174
Single-mother households: 36,838
Veterans: 43,134; 6.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

68.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 288,321 31.0%
Black Protestant 184,397 19.8%
Mainline Protestant 60,132 6.5%
Catholic 55,292 5.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 48,209 5.2%
Orthodox 1,826 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.9%
With a disability: 12.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 34.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 30th Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges: 8 (Circuit Court judges per district; Chancery + Criminal Court judges separate; vintage 2026 tncourts.gov)
Court seats: Memphis

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Tennessee statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 259; 37.68 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 234

NHTSA FARS 2023