Jury Pool Profile
Smith County, Tennessee
Republican +65 (2024)
- Population
- 20,196
- Median household income
- $62,799
- Unemployment
- 3.3%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 18,344 90.8%
- Black or African American alone 392 1.9%
- Asian alone 110 0.5%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 25 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 19 0.1%
- Some other race alone 295 1.5%
- Two or more races 1,011 5.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 599 3.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 40.7
- Under 18 4,520 22.4%
- 18–24 1,496 7.4%
- 25–44 5,041 25.0%
- 45–64 5,818 28.8%
- 65 and over 3,321 16.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 3.3%
- -0.28 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $842.9M
- 0.15% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $53,195
- Establishments
- 418
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Manufacturing 1,205 23.9%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 1,036 20.6%
- Education & health services 978 19.4%
- Leisure & hospitality 473 9.4%
- Public administration 398 7.9%
- Professional & business services 346 6.9%
- Construction 310 6.2%
- Financial activities 128 2.5%
- Natural resources & mining 86 1.7%
- Other services 68 1.3%
- Information 11 0.2%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 75.5%
- Median gross rent
- $877
- Owner-occupied
- 5,749
- Renter-occupied
- 1,870
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 9,336 votes cast
- Republican 7,655 82.0%
- Democratic 1,595 17.1%
- Other / third-party 86 0.9%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
96.5% speak only English at home
- Spanish 390 2.0%
- German 82 0.4%
- Korean 68 0.4%
- Other Indo-European 60 0.3%
- Other Asian/Pacific 28 0.1%
- Other 17 0.1%
- French (incl. Cajun) 16 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 7,619
- Family households
- 5,502
- 72.2% of households
- Married w/ children
- 4,457
- Single-mother households
- 361
- Veterans
- 1,011
- 6.4% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
36.7% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 5,133 25.8%
- Mainline Protestant 1,104 5.5%
- Black Protestant 864 4.3%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 210 1.1%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 91.5%
- With a disability
- 17.2%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 17.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 15th Judicial District Circuit Court
- Judges
- 3 (Circuit Court judges per district; Chancery + Criminal Court judges separate; vintage 2026 tncourts.gov)
- Court seats
- Carthage, Gainesboro, Hartsville, Lafayette, Lebanon
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Tennessee statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 4
- 25.52 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 4
NHTSA FARS 2023