Jury Pool Profile

Sullivan County, Tennessee

Republican +55 (2024)

Population: 159,693
Median household income: $56,802
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 148,653 93.1%
Black or African American alone 3,212 2.0%
Asian alone 1,328 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 223 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,049 0.7%
Two or more races 5,228 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,905 2.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45

Under 18 30,629 19.2%
18–24 11,912 7.5%
25–44 37,253 23.3%
45–64 44,687 28.0%
65 and over 35,212 22.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; +0.13 pp vs. state
County GDP: $11.9B; 2.12% of state
Avg. annual pay: $62,036
Establishments: 4,219

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 14,774 21.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 14,048 20.0%
Manufacturing 11,494 16.4%
Professional & business services 9,737 13.9%
Leisure & hospitality 7,798 11.1%
Construction 4,410 6.3%
Public administration 2,934 4.2%
Financial activities 2,477 3.5%
Other services 1,846 2.6%
Information 636 0.9%
Natural resources & mining 76 0.1%
Unclassified 26 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.9%
Median gross rent: $850
Owner-occupied: 49,889
Renter-occupied: 18,519

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 75,541 votes cast

Republican 58,154 77.0%
Democratic 16,624 22.0%
Other / third-party 763 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,290 1.5%
Other Indo-European 475 0.3%
German 281 0.2%
Chinese 268 0.2%
Vietnamese 152 0.1%
Tagalog 139 0.1%
Slavic languages 81 0.1%
Other 62 0.0%
Arabic 49 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 47 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 19 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 68,408
Family households: 43,352; 63.4% of households
Married w/ children: 31,674
Single-mother households: 4,118
Veterans: 11,276; 8.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

62.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 74,990 47.4%
Mainline Protestant 17,395 11.0%
Catholic 2,700 1.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,071 1.3%
Black Protestant 1,200 0.8%
Orthodox 150 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.9%
With a disability: 18.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 26.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (Circuit Court judges per district; Chancery + Criminal Court judges separate; vintage 2026 tncourts.gov)
Court seats: Blountville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Tennessee statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 13; 10.07 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023