Jury Pool Profile
Evangeline Parish, Louisiana
Republican +49 (2024)
- Population
- 32,162
- Median household income
- $42,273
- Unemployment
- 4.8%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 21,123 65.7%
- Black or African American alone 8,256 25.7%
- Asian alone 123 0.4%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 59 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 23 0.1%
- Some other race alone 789 2.5%
- Two or more races 1,789 5.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,428 4.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 37.7
- Under 18 8,123 25.3%
- 18–24 2,990 9.3%
- 25–44 8,303 25.8%
- 45–64 7,698 23.9%
- 65 and over 5,048 15.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.8%
- +0.58 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $1.2B
- 0.36% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $43,671
- Establishments
- 646
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 2,400 30.7%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 1,696 21.7%
- Professional & business services 649 8.3%
- Manufacturing 562 7.2%
- Public administration 395 5.0%
- Leisure & hospitality 296 3.8%
- Financial activities 288 3.7%
- Construction 266 3.4%
- Natural resources & mining 105 1.3%
- Other services 69 0.9%
- Information 37 0.5%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 64.8%
- Median gross rent
- $663
- Owner-occupied
- 7,935
- Renter-occupied
- 4,305
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 14,176 votes cast
- Republican 10,483 73.9%
- Democratic 3,526 24.9%
- Other / third-party 167 1.2%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
83.3% speak only English at home
- French (incl. Cajun) 3,845 12.8%
- Spanish 928 3.1%
- Other Indo-European 92 0.3%
- Other Asian/Pacific 54 0.2%
- Slavic languages 35 0.1%
- Arabic 24 0.1%
- Other 20 0.1%
- German 4 0.0%
- Chinese 4 0.0%
- Korean 1 0.0%
- Vietnamese 1 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 12,240
- Family households
- 7,995
- 65.3% of households
- Married w/ children
- 5,324
- Single-mother households
- 1,334
- Veterans
- 1,362
- 5.7% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
49.7% overall adherence rate
- 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%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 91.5%
- With a disability
- 21.0%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 12.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 13th Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 2
- Court seats
- Evangeline Parish Courthouse (Ville Platte, LA)
Traffic safety context
Louisiana statewide totals, 2024 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 6
- 28.6 per 100k drivers
- Injuries
- 263
- 1255.3 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 6
- Licensed drivers
- 20,951
NHTSA FARS 2024