Jury Pool Profile
Stewart County, Tennessee
- County seat
- Dover
- Judicial district
- 23rd Judicial District Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 14,439
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 14,027.
At a glance
Stewart County is a 14,439-person venue. The county population is 92% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $64,200, $7,807 below the TN state median of $72,007; 17.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 3.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 26.7% of covered employment, average pay $96,052/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.95%, above the 3.55% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 73% to 81% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 14,027
- Median household income
- $63,114
- Unemployment
- 4.0%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 92% / 1%.
Stewart County has a population of 14,027, with a median age of 44.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 92.1%; Black residents 1.4%. Independently, 3.0% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $64,200; 17.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 17.1% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 27% of covered jobs.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 26.7% of covered employment, followed by Manufacturing at 19.7%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.95%, above the Tennessee state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 78%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Stewart County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 81.4% in 2024, 78.6% in 2020, 73.1% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 64% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 3.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
3.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Korean, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 12.7% of the adult civilian population (1,410 individuals).