Jury Pool Profile

Washington County, Tennessee

Republican +39 (2024)

Population: 134,693
Median household income: $61,051
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 118,113 87.7%
Black or African American alone 5,055 3.8%
Asian alone 2,153 1.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 277 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 34 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,813 1.3%
Two or more races 7,248 5.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,356 4.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.3

Under 18 25,347 18.8%
18–24 16,557 12.3%
25–44 32,825 24.4%
45–64 34,945 25.9%
65 and over 25,019 18.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.17 pp vs. state
County GDP: $9.2B; 1.63% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,766
Establishments: 3,896

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 20,936 32.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 11,967 18.8%
Professional & business services 8,390 13.2%
Leisure & hospitality 8,192 12.9%
Manufacturing 4,909 7.7%
Public administration 2,746 4.3%
Financial activities 2,558 4.0%
Construction 1,999 3.1%
Other services 1,315 2.1%
Information 694 1.1%
Natural resources & mining 24 0.0%
Unclassified 17 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 64.4%
Median gross rent: $951
Owner-occupied: 36,241
Renter-occupied: 19,993

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 61,234 votes cast

Republican 42,299 69.1%
Democratic 18,131 29.6%
Other / third-party 804 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,656 2.8%
Other Indo-European 481 0.4%
Other 432 0.3%
Chinese 364 0.3%
Arabic 258 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 195 0.2%
Korean 193 0.2%
German 178 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 166 0.1%
Tagalog 129 0.1%
Slavic languages 126 0.1%
Vietnamese 21 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 56,234
Family households: 34,462; 61.3% of households
Married w/ children: 26,975
Single-mother households: 2,735
Veterans: 9,763; 8.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

52.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 51,146 38.5%
Mainline Protestant 10,606 8.0%
Catholic 3,115 2.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,468 1.9%
Black Protestant 1,970 1.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.5%
With a disability: 16.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 33.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (Circuit Court judges per district; Chancery + Criminal Court judges separate; vintage 2026 tncourts.gov)
Court seats: Elizabethton, Erwin, Jonesborough, Mountain City

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Tennessee statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 14; 12.8 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 14

NHTSA FARS 2023