Jury Pool Profile
Bienville Parish, Louisiana
Republican +18 (2024)
- Population
- 12,769
- Median household income
- $34,992
- Unemployment
- 5.5%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 6,934 54.3%
- Black or African American alone 5,285 41.4%
- Asian alone 5 0.0%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 28 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 138 1.1%
- Two or more races 379 3.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 256 2.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 42.5
- Under 18 2,899 22.7%
- 18–24 882 6.9%
- 25–44 2,957 23.2%
- 45–64 3,347 26.2%
- 65 and over 2,684 21.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 5.5%
- +1.2 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $824.6M
- 0.25% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $51,581
- Establishments
- 310
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Manufacturing 1,099 28.4%
- Education & health services 596 15.4%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 553 14.3%
- Natural resources & mining 398 10.3%
- Financial activities 189 4.9%
- Public administration 179 4.6%
- Leisure & hospitality 116 3.0%
- Other services 72 1.9%
- Construction 40 1.0%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 70.6%
- Median gross rent
- $600
- Owner-occupied
- 3,831
- Renter-occupied
- 1,594
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 6,256 votes cast
- Republican 3,660 58.5%
- Democratic 2,531 40.5%
- Other / third-party 65 1.0%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
97.6% speak only English at home
- Spanish 225 1.9%
- French (incl. Cajun) 37 0.3%
- Other Indo-European 22 0.2%
- Tagalog 2 0.0%
- Other Asian/Pacific 1 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 5,425
- Family households
- 3,015
- 55.6% of households
- Married w/ children
- 1,898
- Single-mother households
- 516
- Veterans
- 527
- 5.3% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
78.8% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 7,735 59.6%
- Black Protestant 1,748 13.5%
- Mainline Protestant 548 4.2%
- Catholic 200 1.5%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3 0.0%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 91.2%
- With a disability
- 20.2%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 13.5%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 2nd Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 3
- Court seats
- Claiborne Parish Courthouse (Homer, LA), Bienville Parish Courthouse (Arcadia, LA), Jackson Parish Courthouse (Jonesboro, LA)
This judicial district spans multiple parishs.
Traffic safety context
Louisiana statewide totals, 2024 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 9
- 99.2 per 100k drivers
- Injuries
- 97
- 1069.1 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 8
- Licensed drivers
- 9,073
NHTSA FARS 2024