Jury Pool Profile
Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Democratic +5 (2024)
- Population
- 232,973
- Median household income
- $50,067
- Unemployment
- 4.5%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 101,983 43.8%
- Black or African American alone 114,340 49.1%
- Asian alone 2,802 1.2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 580 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 138 0.1%
- Some other race alone 2,850 1.2%
- Two or more races 10,280 4.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,531 3.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 39.2
- Under 18 55,116 23.7%
- 18–24 18,577 8.0%
- 25–44 59,979 25.7%
- 45–64 56,388 24.2%
- 65 and over 42,913 18.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.5%
- +0.25 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $17.9B
- 5.45% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $57,843
- Establishments
- 7,917
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 31,138 28.8%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 21,913 20.2%
- Leisure & hospitality 11,659 10.8%
- Professional & business services 11,159 10.3%
- Manufacturing 6,599 6.1%
- Construction 5,037 4.7%
- Financial activities 4,531 4.2%
- Public administration 3,717 3.4%
- Other services 2,740 2.5%
- Natural resources & mining 2,160 2.0%
- Information 1,206 1.1%
- Unclassified 5 0.0%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 60.6%
- Median gross rent
- $962
- Owner-occupied
- 57,563
- Renter-occupied
- 37,354
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Largest employers
Principal employers by headcount
| # | Employer | Sector | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barksdale Air Force Base | Public administration | 14,500 |
| 2 | Caddo Parish Public Schools (CPPS) | Public administration | 9,416 |
| 3 | Willis-Knighton Medical Center | Education & health services | 6,732 |
| 4 | Bossier Parish School Board | Education & health services | 3,000 |
| 5 | LSU Health Shreveport | Education & health services | 2,762 |
| 6 | University Health-Shreveport | Education & health services | 2,673 |
| 7 | City Of Shreveport | Public administration | 2,569 |
| 8 | Horseshoe Bossier City | — | 2,532 |
| 9 | Christus Schumpert Highland Hospital | Education & health services | 1,800 |
| 10 | United States Dept. Of Veterans Affairs | — | 1,682 |
| 11 | Teleperformance, Inc. | — | 1,623 |
| 12 | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | — | 1,501 |
| 13 | Sam’S Town Casino | Leisure & hospitality | 1,265 |
| 14 | Bally’S Resort Casino | Leisure & hospitality | 1,214 |
| 15 | Diamond Jacks Casino & Resort | Leisure & hospitality | 1,200 |
| 16 | State Of Louisiana Civil Service | Public administration | 1,200 |
| 17 | State Of Louisiana Civil Service | Public administration | 1,180 |
| 18 | Margaritaville Resort Casino | Leisure & hospitality | 1,052 |
| 19 | State Of Louisiana, Excluding Higher Education | Education & health services | 965 |
| 20 | Boomtown Bossier City | — | 800 |
| 21 | United States Postal Service (USPS) | Public administration | 800 |
| 22 | Caddo Parish Sheriff’S Office | Public administration | 761 |
| 23 | Southwestern Electric Power Company | Trade, transportation & utilities | 732 |
| 24 | City Of Bossier City | Public administration | 670 |
| 25 | Red River Sanitors Inc | — | 650 |
| 26 | Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCS) | — | 630 |
| 27 | Ivan Smith Furniture Co., LLC | — | 628 |
| 28 | Frost Industries (Arc Of Caddo-Bossier) | Manufacturing | 627 |
| 29 | AT&T Services, Inc. | Information | 625 |
| 30 | GDIT | Information | 600 |
| 31 | Parish Of Bossier | Public administration | 584 |
| 32 | Brookshire Grocery Company | Trade, transportation & utilities | 578 |
| 33 | Frymaster L.L.C. | Manufacturing | 550 |
| 34 | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | — | 500 |
| 36 | Volunteers Of America Of North Louisiana | — | 470 |
| 37 | Promise Hospital Of Louisiana | Education & health services | 450 |
| 38 | Northwest Supports And Services Center | Education & health services | 409 |
| 39 | Isle Of Capri Casinos, Inc. | — | 401 |
| 40 | Sabre Industries | Manufacturing | 400 |
| 41 | Brentwood Hospital | Education & health services | 400 |
| 42 | Louisiana State University – Shreveport | Education & health services | 375 |
| 43 | Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. | Trade, transportation & utilities | 370 |
| 44 | The Kroger Co. | Trade, transportation & utilities | 370 |
| 45 | Lowe’S Home Centers, LLC | — | 362 |
| 46 | Caddo Parish Commission | Public administration | 360 |
Source: Choose Shreveport / Greater Shreveport Chamber (2024)
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 94,699 votes cast
- Democratic 48,864 51.6%
- Republican 44,471 47.0%
- Other / third-party 1,364 1.4%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
96.3% speak only English at home
- Spanish 4,568 2.1%
- Other Indo-European 835 0.4%
- French (incl. Cajun) 482 0.2%
- Chinese 416 0.2%
- Vietnamese 338 0.2%
- Tagalog 283 0.1%
- Other 279 0.1%
- Slavic languages 268 0.1%
- German 214 0.1%
- Other Asian/Pacific 146 0.1%
- Arabic 146 0.1%
- Korean 66 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 94,917
- Family households
- 55,913
- 58.9% of households
- Married w/ children
- 33,091
- Single-mother households
- 9,007
- Veterans
- 14,525
- 8.2% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
80.9% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 113,527 47.7%
- Black Protestant 36,903 15.5%
- Catholic 18,723 7.9%
- Mainline Protestant 17,887 7.5%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,902 2.1%
- Orthodox 360 0.2%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 92.3%
- With a disability
- 18.6%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 25.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 1st Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 11
- Court seats
- Caddo Parish Courthouse (Shreveport, LA)
Traffic safety context
Louisiana statewide totals, 2024 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 42
- 29.2 per 100k drivers
- Injuries
- 3,276
- 2277.5 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 38
- Licensed drivers
- 143,845
NHTSA FARS 2024