Jury Pool Profile

Cameron Parish, Louisiana

Republican +86.3 (2024)

Parish seat: Cameron
Judicial district: 38th Judicial District Court
Population (July 2025 estimate): 4,718; Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 5,015.

At a glance

Cameron Parish is a 4,718-person venue. The parish population is 86% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $72,218, $11,180 above the LA state median of $61,038; 16.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 5.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 8.7% of covered employment, average pay $81,966/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.26%, below the 4.32% state average. The parish carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 88% to 93% of the vote across the three.

Population: 5,015
Median household income: $75,278
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This parish: 86% / 3%.

Cameron Parish has a population of 5,015, with a median age of 43.5. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 85.8%; Black residents 3.3%.

The median household earns $72,218; 16.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 12.9% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity

White (non-Hispanic) 4,304 85.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 26 0.5%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 166 3.3%
Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 439 8.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 79 1.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 43.5

Under 18 1,220 24.3%
18–24 206 4.1%
25–44 1,293 25.8%
45–64 1,319 26.3%
65 and over 977 19.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty

Median household income: $72,218; 90% interval $63,764–$80,672; +$11,180 vs LA · 7th of 64
Below poverty line: 12.9%; 90% interval 9.5%–16.3%; −5.7 pp vs LA · 59th of 64

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Manufacturing anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW, with cells BLS withholds estimated from Census County Business Patterns (private jobs) and the statewide public-sector mix: Manufacturing, about 43% of covered jobs.

Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 8.7% of covered employment, followed by Public administration at 4.7%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.26%, below the Louisiana state average.

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; −0.06 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 0.32% of state
Avg. annual pay: $123,468
Establishments: 166

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 400 8.7%
Public administration 217 4.7%
Professional & business services 84 1.8%
Leisure & hospitality 73 1.6%

The sectors listed cover 16.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing

Home ownership: 95.4%; +28.0 pp vs LA · 1st of 64
Median gross rent: $1,688; +$624 vs LA · 1st of 64
Owner-occupied: 1,925
Renter-occupied: 93

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads

Diversified

Top three sectors employ 15% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.
Moderate wage spread

Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $112,341/yr) pays 3.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $33,279/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.
Institutional employer scale

Average establishment employs 28 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this parish in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 91%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Cameron Parish was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 92.8% in 2024, 90.9% in 2020, 88.2% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,362 votes cast

Republican
Democratic

Republican 3,120 92.8%
Democratic 219 6.5%
Other / third-party 23 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-dominant, English-speaking

Family households are 82% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 5.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

5.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are French, Haitian, or Cajun, Spanish. Veterans account for 7.8% of the adult civilian population (296 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

94.3% speak only English at home

French, Haitian, or Cajun 248 5.4%
Spanish 17 0.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition

Households: 2,018
Family households: 1,654; 82.0% of households
Married couples w/ children: 408; 24.7% of families
Single-mother families: 155; 9.4% of families
Veterans: 296; 7.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

69.8% overall adherence rate

Catholic 1,994 35.5%
Evangelical Protestant 1,773 31.6%
Mainline Protestant 153 2.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 97.6%; ±1.6 pp — too imprecise at this sample size to compare
With a disability: 16.1%; ±4.4 pp; 47th of 64
Bachelor's or higher: 16.8%; ±4.8 pp; −10.2 pp vs LA · 34th of 64
Uninsured, under 65 (2024): 6.0%; 90% interval 5.2%–6.8% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 38th Judicial District Court
Judges: 2
Court seats: Cameron Parish Courthouse (Cameron, LA)

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Cameron totals, 2024

Traffic fatalities: 1; 42.9 per 100k drivers
Injuries: 42; 1800.3 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1
Licensed drivers: 2,333

NHTSA FARS 2024