Jury Pool Profile
Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
Republican +31 (2024)
- Population
- 245,075
- Median household income
- $67,660
- Unemployment
- 3.7%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 156,910 64.0%
- Black or African American alone 62,153 25.4%
- Asian alone 4,583 1.9%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 292 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 126 0.1%
- Some other race alone 3,585 1.5%
- Two or more races 17,426 7.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 15,847 6.5%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 36.4
- Under 18 59,295 24.2%
- 18–24 19,957 8.1%
- 25–44 72,230 29.5%
- 45–64 58,484 23.9%
- 65 and over 35,109 14.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 3.7%
- -0.57 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $19.8B
- 6.01% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $58,120
- Establishments
- 11,990
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 30,389 22.2%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 27,511 20.1%
- Professional & business services 18,397 13.4%
- Leisure & hospitality 16,932 12.3%
- Manufacturing 9,820 7.2%
- Construction 6,947 5.1%
- Financial activities 6,712 4.9%
- Natural resources & mining 6,563 4.8%
- Public administration 3,594 2.6%
- Other services 3,449 2.5%
- Information 1,217 0.9%
- Unclassified 2 0.0%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 66.1%
- Median gross rent
- $1,022
- Owner-occupied
- 65,678
- Renter-occupied
- 33,679
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Largest employers
Principal employers by headcount
| # | Employer | Sector | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ochsner Lafayette General | Education & health services | 4,768 |
| 2 | Lafayette Parish School System | Education & health services | 4,198 |
| 3 | Our Lady Of Lourdes Regl Med | Education & health services | 3,004 |
| 4 | University-La Lafayette | Education & health services | 2,516 |
| 5 | Lafayette Consolidated Government | Public administration | 2,201 |
| 6 | Stuller Inc | Manufacturing | 1,533 |
| 7 | Amazon | Trade, transportation & utilities | 1,300 |
| 8 | Walmart Companies | Trade, transportation & utilities | 1,200 |
| 9 | Lafayette Parish Gvt | Public administration | 824 |
| 10 | LHC Group | Education & health services | 779 |
| 11 | CGI | Information | 725 |
| 12 | Acadian Companies | — | 693 |
| 13 | Mcdonalds Of Acadiana | Leisure & hospitality | 674 |
| 14 | Expro America’S | Natural resources & mining | 614 |
| 15 | Offshore Energy Services, Inc | Natural resources & mining | 550 |
| 16 | Safesource Direct | Education & health services | 522 |
| 17 | Target | Trade, transportation & utilities | 521 |
| 18 | SLB | Natural resources & mining | 500 |
| 19 | Rouses | Trade, transportation & utilities | 500 |
| 19 | Lafayette Utility Systems | Trade, transportation & utilities | 491 |
| 21 | United Vision Logistics | Trade, transportation & utilities | 468 |
| 22 | Albertsons | Trade, transportation & utilities | 405 |
| 23 | Guernsey Sonic | Leisure & hospitality | 395 |
| 24 | Lowes Home Improvement | Trade, transportation & utilities | 374 |
| 25 | PHI, Inc | Natural resources & mining | 373 |
| 26 | Lafayette Police Dept | Public administration | 361 |
| 27 | Mistras | Natural resources & mining | 352 |
| 28 | Whc Energy Svc | Natural resources & mining | 350 |
| 29 | Superior Energy Svc | Natural resources & mining | 348 |
| 30 | Leading Healthcare Of Louisiana | Education & health services | 325 |
| 31 | At&Amp;T Call Center | Information | 308 |
| 32 | Scp Health | Education & health services | 304 |
| 33 | Viemed | Education & health services | 290 |
| 34 | Bis Salamis | Natural resources & mining | 281 |
| 35 | Omni Environmental Services | Natural resources & mining | 280 |
| 36 | Amg | Education & health services | 274 |
| 37 | Home Depot | Trade, transportation & utilities | 274 |
| 37 | SLEMCO | Trade, transportation & utilities | 262 |
| 39 | Halliburton | Natural resources & mining | 262 |
| 39 | Walgreens | — | 257 |
| 41 | Oceaneering Survey Svc | Natural resources & mining | 256 |
| 42 | Lafayette Parish Correctional | Public administration | 250 |
| 43 | Fugro | Natural resources & mining | 246 |
| 44 | Moncla | Natural resources & mining | 240 |
| 45 | Golfballs.Com | — | 235 |
| 46 | Borden Dairy Co Of Louisiana | Manufacturing | 223 |
| 47 | Larc Svc | — | 220 |
| 48 | Home Bank | Financial activities | 220 |
| 49 | Lafayette Surgical Spec Hosp | Education & health services | 218 |
| 50 | Lafayette Coca-Cola Bottling | — | 217 |
Source: Lafayette Economic Development Authority (LEDA) (2023)
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 111,086 votes cast
- Republican 72,007 64.8%
- Democratic 37,170 33.5%
- Other / third-party 1,909 1.7%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
90.3% speak only English at home
- Spanish 9,698 4.2%
- French (incl. Cajun) 7,286 3.2%
- Other Indo-European 1,320 0.6%
- Vietnamese 1,154 0.5%
- Other Asian/Pacific 641 0.3%
- Arabic 606 0.3%
- Chinese 376 0.2%
- Other 310 0.1%
- Tagalog 302 0.1%
- German 205 0.1%
- Slavic languages 181 0.1%
- Korean 60 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 99,357
- Family households
- 62,574
- 63.0% of households
- Married w/ children
- 44,994
- Single-mother households
- 7,340
- Veterans
- 11,179
- 6% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
70.9% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 100,379 41.5%
- Evangelical Protestant 38,785 16.0%
- Black Protestant 20,392 8.4%
- Mainline Protestant 8,468 3.5%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,176 1.3%
- Orthodox 159 0.1%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 91.6%
- With a disability
- 12.3%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 34.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 15th Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 13
- Court seats
- Acadia Parish Courthouse (Crowley, LA), Lafayette Parish Courthouse (Lafayette, LA), Vermilion Parish Courthouse (Abbeville, LA)
This judicial district spans multiple parishs.
Traffic safety context
Louisiana statewide totals, 2024 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 31
- 17.9 per 100k drivers
- Injuries
- 4,525
- 2617.4 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 31
- Licensed drivers
- 172,880
NHTSA FARS 2024