Jury Pool Profile

Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

Republican +40 (2024)

Population: 208,668
Median household income: $67,849
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 139,728 67.0%
Black or African American alone 49,440 23.7%
Asian alone 3,128 1.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 453 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 71 0.0%
Some other race alone 3,162 1.5%
Two or more races 12,686 6.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10,805 5.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.2

Under 18 52,375 25.1%
18–24 17,339 8.3%
25–44 56,117 26.9%
45–64 50,265 24.1%
65 and over 32,572 15.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +0.34 pp vs. state
County GDP: $18.4B; 5.58% of state
Avg. annual pay: $61,711
Establishments: 6,056

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 16,463 18.6%
Education & health services 14,006 15.8%
Leisure & hospitality 13,532 15.3%
Manufacturing 10,445 11.8%
Professional & business services 9,141 10.3%
Construction 8,768 9.9%
Public administration 4,184 4.7%
Financial activities 3,167 3.6%
Other services 1,677 1.9%
Information 507 0.6%
Natural resources & mining 344 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.2%
Median gross rent: $1,096
Owner-occupied: 55,624
Renter-occupied: 21,371

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Largest employers

Principal employers by headcount

#	Employer	Sector	Employees
1	Calcasieu Parish School Board	Education & health services	4,800
2	Turner Industries	Construction	3,000
3	Lake Charles Memorial Health System	Education & health services	2,795
4	Westlake Chemical Corp.	Manufacturing	2,000
5	Golden Nugget	Leisure & hospitality	1,800
6	L’Auberge	Leisure & hospitality	1,710
7	Coushatta	Leisure & hospitality	1,580
8	Citgo Petroleum Corp.	Manufacturing	1,400
9	CHRISTUS St. Patrick Hospital	Education & health services	1,260
10	Recon Management Services	Construction	780
11	West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital	Education & health services	740
12	Horseshoe Casino	Leisure & hospitality	700
13	LyondellBasell	Manufacturing	645
14	Calcasieu Parish Police Jury	Public administration	630
15	McNeese State University	Education & health services	625
16	Brock Services	Construction	600
17	Stine Home & Yared	Education & health services	570
18	Delta Downs Racetrack	Leisure & hospitality	515
19	Sasol Chemicals	Manufacturing	450
20	Northrop Grumman	Manufacturing	285
21	Billy Navarre Auto Group	Trade, transportation & utilities	500*

* Headcount is an estimate.

Source: SWLA Economic Development Alliance (2025)

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 81,201 votes cast

Republican 56,064 69.0%
Democratic 23,918 29.5%
Other / third-party 1,219 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 6,261 3.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 2,600 1.3%
Other Indo-European 1,378 0.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,095 0.6%
Vietnamese 333 0.2%
Other 196 0.1%
Tagalog 169 0.1%
Arabic 123 0.1%
German 104 0.1%
Korean 54 0.0%
Chinese 42 0.0%
Slavic languages 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 76,995
Family households: 50,391; 65.4% of households
Married w/ children: 36,253
Single-mother households: 5,217
Veterans: 11,763; 7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

60.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 56,636 26.1%
Catholic 51,161 23.6%
Black Protestant 11,924 5.5%
Mainline Protestant 9,152 4.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,553 1.2%
Orthodox 45 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.3%
With a disability: 14.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 14th Judicial District Court
Judges: 9
Court seats: Calcasieu Parish Judicial Center (Lake Charles, LA)

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Louisiana statewide totals, 2024 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 30; 21.8 per 100k drivers
Injuries: 2,487; 1810.2 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 28
Licensed drivers: 137,390

NHTSA FARS 2024