Jury Pool Profile
Ascension Parish, Louisiana
- Parish seat
- Donaldsonville
- Judicial district
- 23rd Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 135,105
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 130,314.
At a glance
Ascension Parish is a 135,105-person venue. The parish population is 64% White and 23% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $93,654, $32,616 above the LA state median of $61,038; 29.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 8.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and French, Haitian, or Cajun. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 21.0% of covered employment, average pay $58,353/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.67%, below the 4.32% state average. The parish carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking roughly 65% of the vote each time.
- Population
- 130,314
- Median household income
- $91,549
- Unemployment
- 3.7%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This parish: 64% / 23%.
Ascension Parish has a population of 130,314, with a median age of 36.6. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 64.2%; Black residents 23.1%. Independently, 8.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $93,654; 29.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 9.5% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Trade, transportation & utilities about 10,620, Construction about 9,670.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 21.0% of covered employment, followed by Construction at 19.1%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.67%, below the Louisiana state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this parish in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 66%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Ascension Parish was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 66.1% in 2024, 65.3% in 2020, 66.1% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 75% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 8.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
8.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun, Tagalog. Veterans account for 6.1% of the adult civilian population (5,864 individuals).