Jury Pool Profile
East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Democratic +11 (2024)
- Population
- 452,821
- Median household income
- $63,075
- Unemployment
- 4.2%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 195,656 43.2%
- Black or African American alone 200,404 44.3%
- Asian alone 14,276 3.2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 996 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 83 0.0%
- Some other race alone 15,633 3.5%
- Two or more races 25,773 5.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 29,827 6.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 34.2
- Under 18 102,834 22.7%
- 18–24 66,221 14.6%
- 25–44 118,276 26.1%
- 45–64 98,137 21.7%
- 65 and over 67,353 14.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.2%
- -0.03 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $47.1B
- 14.32% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $66,778
- Establishments
- 19,119
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 72,086 26.6%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 43,411 16.0%
- Professional & business services 40,761 15.1%
- Construction 30,900 11.4%
- Leisure & hospitality 26,330 9.7%
- Public administration 17,730 6.6%
- Financial activities 15,047 5.6%
- Manufacturing 10,851 4.0%
- Other services 7,212 2.7%
- Natural resources & mining 305 0.1%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 59.1%
- Median gross rent
- $1,121
- Owner-occupied
- 103,597
- Renter-occupied
- 71,811
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 190,643 votes cast
- Democratic 103,820 54.5%
- Republican 82,720 43.4%
- Other / third-party 4,103 2.2%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
90.9% speak only English at home
- Spanish 19,043 4.5%
- Other Indo-European 3,826 0.9%
- Vietnamese 3,367 0.8%
- French (incl. Cajun) 2,636 0.6%
- Arabic 2,486 0.6%
- Chinese 2,123 0.5%
- Other Asian/Pacific 1,254 0.3%
- Tagalog 938 0.2%
- Other 841 0.2%
- Korean 710 0.2%
- Slavic languages 657 0.2%
- German 593 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 175,408
- Family households
- 103,297
- 58.9% of households
- Married w/ children
- 65,614
- Single-mother households
- 15,722
- Veterans
- 16,471
- 4.7% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
63.3% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 130,011 28.5%
- Catholic 86,092 18.8%
- Black Protestant 30,082 6.6%
- Mainline Protestant 25,891 5.7%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 16,977 3.7%
- Orthodox 225 0.0%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 91.3%
- With a disability
- 14.5%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 38.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 19th Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 15
- Court seats
- 19th Judicial District Courthouse (Baton Rouge, LA)
Traffic safety context
Louisiana statewide totals, 2024 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 66
- 24.9 per 100k drivers
- Injuries
- 7,979
- 3007.5 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 61
- Licensed drivers
- 265,301
NHTSA FARS 2024