Jury Pool Profile

Wayne County, Tennessee

Republican +77 (2024)

Population: 16,251
Median household income: $52,824
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 14,504 89.2%
Black or African American alone 683 4.2%
Asian alone 13 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 21 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 25 0.2%
Some other race alone 119 0.7%
Two or more races 886 5.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 415 2.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.3

Under 18 2,799 17.2%
18–24 1,125 6.9%
25–44 4,457 27.4%
45–64 4,740 29.2%
65 and over 3,130 19.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; +0.29 pp vs. state
County GDP: $545.6M; 0.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,559
Establishments: 296

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,822 45.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 513 12.7%
Public administration 416 10.3%
Professional & business services 329 8.1%
Leisure & hospitality 258 6.4%
Manufacturing 249 6.1%
Financial activities 184 4.5%
Natural resources & mining 125 3.1%
Construction 120 3.0%
Other services 19 0.5%
Information 17 0.4%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.5%
Median gross rent: $619
Owner-occupied: 4,674
Renter-occupied: 1,060

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,831 votes cast

Republican 6,016 88.1%
Democratic 762 11.2%
Other / third-party 53 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 327 2.1%
German 55 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 36 0.2%
Tagalog 13 0.1%
Korean 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,734
Family households: 3,750; 65.4% of households
Married w/ children: 2,718
Single-mother households: 290
Veterans: 1,054; 7.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,079 31.3%
Mainline Protestant 876 5.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 145 0.9%
Catholic 82 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.0%
With a disability: 19.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 22nd Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (Circuit Court judges per district; Chancery + Criminal Court judges separate; vintage 2026 tncourts.gov)
Court seats: Columbia, Lawrenceburg, Pulaski, Waynesboro

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Tennessee statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 29.74 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023