Jury Pool Profile
Lafourche Parish, Louisiana
Republican +62 (2024)
- Population
- 96,670
- Median household income
- $63,439
- Unemployment
- 4.0%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 73,818 76.4%
- Black or African American alone 12,728 13.2%
- Asian alone 664 0.7%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,571 2.7%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 3 0.0%
- Some other race alone 1,181 1.2%
- Two or more races 5,705 5.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,562 5.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 39
- Under 18 22,223 23.0%
- 18–24 8,569 8.9%
- 25–44 25,439 26.3%
- 45–64 24,777 25.6%
- 65 and over 15,662 16.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.0%
- -0.3 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $6.3B
- 1.91% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $67,112
- Establishments
- 2,205
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Trade, transportation & utilities 10,618 30.5%
- Education & health services 8,215 23.6%
- Construction 3,077 8.8%
- Leisure & hospitality 2,988 8.6%
- Manufacturing 2,728 7.8%
- Professional & business services 2,466 7.1%
- Natural resources & mining 1,666 4.8%
- Public administration 1,309 3.8%
- Financial activities 854 2.5%
- Other services 526 1.5%
- Information 194 0.6%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 78.3%
- Median gross rent
- $933
- Owner-occupied
- 29,285
- Renter-occupied
- 8,112
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 42,845 votes cast
- Republican 34,461 80.4%
- Democratic 7,864 18.4%
- Other / third-party 520 1.2%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
90.2% speak only English at home
- French (incl. Cajun) 5,317 5.8%
- Spanish 2,880 3.2%
- Other Indo-European 217 0.2%
- Vietnamese 177 0.2%
- Tagalog 94 0.1%
- Slavic languages 65 0.1%
- Korean 61 0.1%
- German 53 0.1%
- Chinese 18 0.0%
- Other 13 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 37,397
- Family households
- 25,784
- 68.9% of households
- Married w/ children
- 18,945
- Single-mother households
- 3,136
- Veterans
- 3,515
- 4.7% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
52.2% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 42,537 43.6%
- Evangelical Protestant 6,163 6.3%
- Mainline Protestant 1,204 1.2%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 531 0.5%
- Black Protestant 454 0.5%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 93.4%
- With a disability
- 16.7%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 20.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 17th Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 5
- Court seats
- Lafourche Parish Courthouse (Thibodaux, LA)
Traffic safety context
Louisiana statewide totals, 2024 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 14
- 22.5 per 100k drivers
- Injuries
- 766
- 1231.2 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 9
- Licensed drivers
- 62,217
NHTSA FARS 2024