Jury Pool Profile
Grant Parish, Louisiana
- Parish seat
- Colfax
- Judicial district
- 35th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 22,075
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 22,095.
At a glance
Grant Parish is a 22,075-person venue. The parish population is 78% White and 15% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $57,672, $3,366 below the LA state median of $61,038; 15.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 5.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Public administration, at 25.4% of covered employment, average pay $84,413/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.19%, below the 4.32% state average. The parish carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 84% to 88% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 22,095
- Median household income
- $64,016
- Unemployment
- 4.2%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This parish: 78% / 15%.
Grant Parish has a population of 22,095, with a median age of 38.4. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 77.6%; Black residents 15.2%. Independently, 6.3% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $57,672; 15.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 21.1% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Public administration about 880, Education & health services about 760.
Public administration is the largest published sector at 25.4% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 18.2%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.19%, below the Louisiana state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this parish in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 86%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Grant Parish was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 87.9% in 2024, 86.4% in 2020, 84.0% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 67% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 5.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
5.9% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Chinese, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 6.6% of the adult civilian population (1,149 individuals).