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Livingston Parish, Louisiana

Republican +68.5 (2024)
Parish seat
Livingston
Judicial district
21st Judicial District Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
155,036
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 148,115.

At a glance

Livingston Parish is a 155,036-person venue. The parish population is 81% White and 9% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $76,462, $15,424 above the LA state median of $61,038; 20.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 5.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and French, Haitian, or Cajun. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 21.6% of covered employment, average pay $41,750/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.83%, below the 4.32% state average. The parish carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 84% to 85% of the vote across the three.

Population
148,115
Median household income
$80,122
Unemployment
3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This parish: 81% / 9%.

Livingston Parish has a population of 148,115, with a median age of 36.4. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 81.2%; Black residents 9.0%. Independently, 6.6% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $76,462; 20.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 12.2% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 118,750 80.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9,830 6.6%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 13,216 8.9%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,030 0.7%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 4,435 3.0%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 144 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 709 0.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 36.4

  • Under 18 38,220 25.8%
  • 18–24 12,088 8.2%
  • 25–44 42,148 28.5%
  • 45–64 35,168 23.7%
  • 65 and over 20,491 13.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$76,462
90% interval $70,679–$82,245
+$15,424 vs LA · 5th of 64
Below poverty line
12.2%
90% interval 10.2%–14.2%
−6.4 pp vs LA · 61st of 64

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by healthcare & education and trade & transportation

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: Education & health services about 7,360, Trade, transportation & utilities about 6,770.

Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 21.6% of covered employment, followed by Leisure & hospitality at 15.4%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.83%, below the Louisiana state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.8%
−0.49 pp vs. state
County GDP
$4.2B
1.29% of state
Avg. annual pay
$47,222
Establishments
3,270

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 6,771 21.6%
  • Leisure & hospitality 4,816 15.4%
  • Education & health services 3,126 10.0%
  • Construction 2,858 9.1%
  • Professional & business services 2,665 8.5%
  • Manufacturing 2,664 8.5%
  • Financial activities 1,447 4.6%
  • Public administration 1,109 3.5%
  • Other services 846 2.7%
  • Information 195 0.6%
  • Natural resources & mining 160 0.5%
  • Unclassified 1 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 85.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
80.7%
+13.3 pp vs LA · 8th of 64
Median gross rent
$1,151
+$87 vs LA · 10th of 64
Owner-occupied
43,264
Renter-occupied
10,332

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Diversified

    Top three sectors employ 47% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $76,356/yr) pays 3.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,626/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Small-business scale

    Average establishment employs only 9.6 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

BLS QCEW 2025

Largest employers

Principal employers by headcount

# Employer Sector Employees
1 Livingston Parish Public Schools Education (public K-12) 3,077
2 Walmart Retail 1,100

Showing 2 of 10 employers on the published list(6,518 employees total).

Source: Livingston Parish Sheriff, Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024, Table 18, "Principal Employers." The schedule cites the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Livingston Economic Development Council and the Livingston Parish School Board, and states no method. (2024)

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this parish in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 84%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Livingston Parish was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 83.6% in 2024, 84.1% in 2020, 84.6% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 65,906 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201684.6%12.0%
202084.1%14.2%
202483.6%15.1%
  • Republican 55,101 83.6%
  • Democratic 9,965 15.1%
  • Other / third-party 840 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-dominant, English-speaking

Family households are 71% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 5.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

5.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun, Chinese. Veterans account for 7.5% of the adult civilian population (8,269 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

94.7% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 5,134 3.7%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 500 0.4%
  • Chinese 422 0.3%
  • Vietnamese 280 0.2%
  • Tagalog 160 0.1%
  • German or other West Germanic 139 0.1%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 86 0.1%
  • Arabic 62 0.0%
  • Korean 9 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
53,596
Family households
38,302
71.5% of households
Married couples w/ children
11,489
30.0% of families
Single-mother families
3,906
10.2% of families
Veterans
8,269
7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

49.2% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 47,940 33.7%
  • Catholic 14,007 9.8%
  • Mainline Protestant 5,336 3.8%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,622 1.1%
  • Black Protestant 1,076 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
91.4%
±1 pp
Uninsured
8.6%
±1 pp
9th of 64
With a disability
14.7%
±1 pp
55th of 64
Bachelor's or higher
20.5%
±1.7 pp
−6.5 pp vs LA · 20th of 64
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
8.8%
90% interval 7.9%–9.7% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
21st Judicial District Court
Judges
9
Court seats
Livingston Parish Courthouse (Livingston, LA), St. Helena Parish Courthouse (Greensburg, LA), Tangipahoa Parish Courthouse (Amite, LA)

This judicial district spans multiple parishes.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Livingston totals, 2024

Traffic fatalities
27
27.3 per 100k drivers
Injuries
1,679
1697.8 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
26
Licensed drivers
98,894

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Livingston Parish, Louisiana to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the parish, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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