Jury Pool Profile
Lafourche Parish, Louisiana
- Parish seat
- Thibodaux
- Judicial district
- 17th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 95,505
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 96,252.
At a glance
Lafourche Parish is a 95,505-person venue. The parish population is 75% White and 13% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $68,348, $7,310 above the LA state median of $61,038; 21.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 8.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly French, Haitian, or Cajun and Spanish. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 29.8% of covered employment, average pay $80,435/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.95%, below the 4.32% state average. The parish carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 77% to 80% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 96,252
- Median household income
- $63,135
- Unemployment
- 4.0%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This parish: 75% / 13%.
Lafourche Parish has a population of 96,252, with a median age of 39.4. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 75.1%; Black residents 12.8%. Independently, 5.9% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $68,348; 21.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 14.8% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 30% of covered jobs.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 29.8% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 24.2%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.95%, below the Louisiana state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this parish in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 79%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Lafourche Parish was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 80.4% in 2024, 79.4% in 2020, 76.7% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 69% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 8.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
8.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are French, Haitian, or Cajun, Spanish, Vietnamese. Veterans account for 4.1% of the adult civilian population (3,049 individuals).