Evangeline Parish, Louisiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 20,685 64.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,586 4.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 8,168 25.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 125 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,112 3.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 43 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 341 1.1%

• Under 18 8,251 25.7%
• 18–24 3,085 9.6%
• 25–44 7,902 24.6%
• 45–64 7,680 24.0%
• 65 and over 5,142 16.0%

Median household income

$46,327

90% interval $40,776–$51,878

−$14,711 vs LA · 55th of 64

Below poverty line

25.9%

90% interval 21.1%–30.7%

+7.3 pp vs LA · 9th of 64

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.7%

+0.38 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.2B

0.36% of state

Avg. annual pay

$45,050

Establishments

643

• Education & health services 2,361 29.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,700 21.2%
• Professional & business services 764 9.5%
• Manufacturing 596 7.4%
• Public administration 388 4.8%
• Construction 302 3.8%
• Financial activities 287 3.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 279 3.5%
• Natural resources & mining 134 1.7%
• Other services 67 0.8%
• Information 37 0.5%

The sectors listed cover 86.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

66.2%

−1.2 pp vs LA · 51st of 64

Median gross rent

$681

−$383 vs LA · 58th of 64

Owner-occupied

8,321

Renter-occupied

4,240

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% of the parish workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $77,745/yr) pays 5.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $13,763/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 10,483 73.9%
• Democratic 3,526 24.9%
• Other / third-party 167 1.2%

• French, Haitian, or Cajun 3,635 12.1%
• Spanish 923 3.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 32 0.1%
• Arabic 13 0.0%
• Chinese 9 0.0%
• German or other West Germanic 3 0.0%
• Korean 1 0.0%
• Vietnamese 1 0.0%

Households

12,561

Family households

7,963

63.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,109

26.5% of families

Single-mother families

1,291

16.2% of families

Veterans

1,450

6.1% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 9,543 29.5%
• Evangelical Protestant 5,623 17.4%
• Black Protestant 862 2.7%
• Mainline Protestant 42 0.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3 0.0%

Health insured

91.5%

±1.5 pp

Uninsured

8.5%

±1.5 pp

11th of 64

With a disability

21.3%

±1.9 pp

9th of 64

Bachelor's or higher

13.7%

±1.9 pp

−13.3 pp vs LA · 52nd of 64

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.3%

90% interval 8.2%–10.4% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

13th Judicial District Court

Judges

2

Court seats

Evangeline Parish Courthouse (Ville Platte, LA)

Traffic fatalities

6

28.6 per 100k drivers

Injuries

263

1255.3 per 100k drivers

Fatal crashes

6

Licensed drivers

20,951