Jury Pool Profile
Acadia Parish, Louisiana
Republican +64 (2024)
- Population
- 57,218
- Median household income
- $45,266
- Unemployment
- 4.2%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 44,296 77.4%
- Black or African American alone 8,983 15.7%
- Asian alone 111 0.2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 333 0.6%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 328 0.6%
- Two or more races 3,167 5.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,802 3.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 37
- Under 18 14,863 26.0%
- 18–24 4,586 8.0%
- 25–44 14,386 25.1%
- 45–64 14,156 24.7%
- 65 and over 9,227 16.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.2%
- -0.05 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $2.1B
- 0.63% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $45,093
- Establishments
- 1,460
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Trade, transportation & utilities 3,520 24.5%
- Education & health services 2,801 19.5%
- Leisure & hospitality 1,443 10.0%
- Manufacturing 1,414 9.8%
- Construction 1,163 8.1%
- Professional & business services 877 6.1%
- Financial activities 617 4.3%
- Public administration 461 3.2%
- Natural resources & mining 288 2.0%
- Other services 216 1.5%
- Information 92 0.6%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 68.0%
- Median gross rent
- $725
- Owner-occupied
- 14,629
- Renter-occupied
- 6,900
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 26,720 votes cast
- Republican 21,783 81.5%
- Democratic 4,695 17.6%
- Other / third-party 242 0.9%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
92.6% speak only English at home
- French (incl. Cajun) 3,123 5.8%
- Spanish 785 1.5%
- Other Indo-European 37 0.1%
- Chinese 11 0.0%
- Tagalog 8 0.0%
- Other Asian/Pacific 7 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 21,529
- Family households
- 14,205
- 66.0% of households
- Married w/ children
- 10,067
- Single-mother households
- 1,783
- Veterans
- 1,669
- 3.9% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
59.7% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 25,931 45.0%
- Evangelical Protestant 6,569 11.4%
- Black Protestant 958 1.7%
- Mainline Protestant 620 1.1%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 275 0.5%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 94.1%
- With a disability
- 18.8%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 13.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 15th Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 13
- Court seats
- Acadia Parish Courthouse (Crowley, LA), Lafayette Parish Courthouse (Lafayette, LA), Vermilion Parish Courthouse (Abbeville, LA)
This judicial district spans multiple parishs.
Traffic safety context
Louisiana statewide totals, 2024 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 753
- 25.1 per 100k drivers
- Injuries
- 59,010
- 1963.8 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 706
- Licensed drivers
- 3,004,915
NHTSA FARS 2024