Jury Pool Profile
Assumption Parish, Louisiana
- Parish seat
- Napoleonville
- Judicial district
- 23rd Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 19,720
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 20,484.
At a glance
Assumption Parish is a 19,720-person venue. The parish population is 65% White and 28% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $62,636, $1,598 above the LA state median of $61,038; 13.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 9.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly French, Haitian, or Cajun and Spanish. The largest published sector is Manufacturing, at 22.9% of covered employment, average pay $77,353/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.48%, above the 4.32% state average. The parish carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 62% to 67% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 20,484
- Median household income
- $51,423
- Unemployment
- 4.5%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This parish: 65% / 28%.
Assumption Parish has a population of 20,484, with a median age of 42.8. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 65.0%; Black residents 27.7%. Independently, 4.3% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $62,636; 13.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 20.1% 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: Manufacturing about 920, Education & health services about 860.
Manufacturing is the largest published sector at 22.9% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 18.9%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.48%, above the Louisiana state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this parish in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 64%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Assumption Parish was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 67.2% in 2024, 64.7% in 2020, 61.6% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 66% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 9.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
9.4% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are French, Haitian, or Cajun, Spanish, Vietnamese. Veterans account for 4.9% of the adult civilian population (793 individuals).