Jury Pool Profile

De Soto Parish, Louisiana

Republican +36 (2024)

Population: 26,897
Median household income: $46,077
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 16,218 60.3%
Black or African American alone 9,421 35.0%
Asian alone 63 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 195 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 83 0.3%
Two or more races 917 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 828 3.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.1

Under 18 6,444 24.0%
18–24 1,982 7.4%
25–44 6,736 25.0%
45–64 6,752 25.1%
65 and over 4,983 18.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.57 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.9B; 0.88% of state
Avg. annual pay: $66,608
Establishments: 652

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,459 17.3%
Construction 1,392 16.5%
Natural resources & mining 1,273 15.1%
Manufacturing 851 10.1%
Education & health services 829 9.8%
Public administration 453 5.4%
Leisure & hospitality 425 5.0%
Professional & business services 271 3.2%
Financial activities 246 2.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.2%
Median gross rent: $719
Owner-occupied: 7,745
Renter-occupied: 2,548

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,913 votes cast

Republican 9,359 67.3%
Democratic 4,426 31.8%
Other / third-party 128 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 258 1.0%
Vietnamese 43 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 29 0.1%
Slavic languages 18 0.1%
Other Indo-European 14 0.1%
Arabic 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,293
Family households: 7,010; 68.1% of households
Married w/ children: 4,507
Single-mother households: 995
Veterans: 1,441; 7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

57.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 10,678 39.8%
Mainline Protestant 1,499 5.6%
Catholic 1,177 4.4%
Black Protestant 1,032 3.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 899 3.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.0%
With a disability: 20.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 42nd Judicial District Court
Judges: 2
Court seats: DeSoto Parish Courthouse (Mansfield, LA)

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Louisiana statewide totals, 2024 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Injuries: 280; 1412.1 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0
Licensed drivers: 19,829

NHTSA FARS 2024