Jury Pool Profile
Ascension Parish, Louisiana
Republican +34 (2024)
- Population
- 128,593
- Median household income
- $92,266
- Unemployment
- 3.7%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 83,999 65.3%
- Black or African American alone 29,501 22.9%
- Asian alone 1,436 1.1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 303 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 6 0.0%
- Some other race alone 4,807 3.7%
- Two or more races 8,541 6.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10,477 8.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 36.4
- Under 18 34,229 26.6%
- 18–24 10,317 8.0%
- 25–44 36,417 28.3%
- 45–64 31,264 24.3%
- 65 and over 16,366 12.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 3.7%
- -0.58 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $12.7B
- 3.84% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $71,805
- Establishments
- 3,919
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Trade, transportation & utilities 10,456 20.7%
- Construction 9,929 19.6%
- Manufacturing 7,629 15.1%
- Leisure & hospitality 5,219 10.3%
- Professional & business services 4,462 8.8%
- Education & health services 3,440 6.8%
- Other services 1,938 3.8%
- Financial activities 1,836 3.6%
- Public administration 1,092 2.2%
- Information 358 0.7%
- Natural resources & mining 171 0.3%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 82.9%
- Median gross rent
- $1,283
- Owner-occupied
- 38,755
- Renter-occupied
- 8,018
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 62,473 votes cast
- Republican 41,319 66.1%
- Democratic 20,113 32.2%
- Other / third-party 1,041 1.7%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
92.3% speak only English at home
- Spanish 6,698 5.6%
- French (incl. Cajun) 813 0.7%
- Other Indo-European 676 0.6%
- Vietnamese 312 0.3%
- Other Asian/Pacific 214 0.2%
- Tagalog 211 0.2%
- German 80 0.1%
- Chinese 73 0.1%
- Arabic 58 0.0%
- Other 35 0.0%
- Korean 27 0.0%
- Slavic languages 23 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 46,773
- Family households
- 34,688
- 74.2% of households
- Married w/ children
- 26,341
- Single-mother households
- 3,408
- Veterans
- 5,403
- 5.7% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
49.7% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 39,260 31.0%
- Evangelical Protestant 18,665 14.8%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,104 1.7%
- Mainline Protestant 1,753 1.4%
- Black Protestant 1,060 0.8%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 93.4%
- With a disability
- 12.3%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 28.5%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 23rd Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 7
- Court seats
- Ascension Parish Courthouse (Donaldsonville, LA), Assumption Parish Courthouse (Napoleonville, LA), St. James Parish Courthouse (Convent, LA)
This judicial district spans multiple parishs.
Traffic safety context
Louisiana statewide totals, 2024 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 22
- 24.1 per 100k drivers
- Injuries
- 1,630
- 1788.8 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 21
- Licensed drivers
- 91,124
NHTSA FARS 2024