Jury Pool Profile
Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
Republican +43 (2024)
- Population
- 39,176
- Median household income
- $39,439
- Unemployment
- 4.8%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 25,196 64.3%
- Black or African American alone 10,399 26.5%
- Asian alone 250 0.6%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 297 0.8%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 253 0.6%
- Two or more races 2,781 7.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,494 3.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 38.2
- Under 18 9,377 23.9%
- 18–24 3,204 8.2%
- 25–44 10,292 26.3%
- 45–64 9,532 24.3%
- 65 and over 6,771 17.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.8%
- +0.51 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $1.2B
- 0.36% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $42,336
- Establishments
- 938
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 2,247 22.9%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 1,869 19.1%
- Public administration 1,064 10.9%
- Construction 757 7.7%
- Leisure & hospitality 586 6.0%
- Financial activities 436 4.4%
- Professional & business services 419 4.3%
- Manufacturing 364 3.7%
- Other services 168 1.7%
- Natural resources & mining 164 1.7%
- Information 66 0.7%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 68.7%
- Median gross rent
- $739
- Owner-occupied
- 9,991
- Renter-occupied
- 4,549
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 16,037 votes cast
- Republican 11,379 71.0%
- Democratic 4,460 27.8%
- Other / third-party 198 1.2%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
91.2% speak only English at home
- French (incl. Cajun) 2,199 6.0%
- Spanish 767 2.1%
- Chinese 64 0.2%
- Other Indo-European 62 0.2%
- Arabic 48 0.1%
- Vietnamese 39 0.1%
- German 9 0.0%
- Korean 7 0.0%
- Other Asian/Pacific 7 0.0%
- Slavic languages 6 0.0%
- Other 6 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 14,540
- Family households
- 8,773
- 60.3% of households
- Married w/ children
- 5,417
- Single-mother households
- 1,658
- Veterans
- 1,636
- 5.5% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
59.4% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 16,815 42.4%
- Evangelical Protestant 5,944 15.0%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 419 1.1%
- Mainline Protestant 385 1.0%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 92.4%
- With a disability
- 24.8%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 10.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 12th Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 2
- Court seats
- Avoyelles Parish Courthouse (Marksville, LA)
Traffic safety context
Louisiana statewide totals, 2024 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 14
- 55.6 per 100k drivers
- Injuries
- 333
- 1322.8 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 12
- Licensed drivers
- 25,174
NHTSA FARS 2024