Jury Pool Profile
Morehouse Parish, Louisiana
Republican +19 (2024)
- Population
- 24,967
- Median household income
- $36,981
- Unemployment
- 6.2%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 11,947 47.9%
- Black or African American alone 12,016 48.1%
- Asian alone 133 0.5%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 14 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 45 0.2%
- Some other race alone 128 0.5%
- Two or more races 684 2.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 405 1.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 40.3
- Under 18 5,818 23.3%
- 18–24 2,249 9.0%
- 25–44 5,678 22.7%
- 45–64 6,389 25.6%
- 65 and over 4,833 19.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 6.2%
- +1.93 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $754.8M
- 0.23% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $44,568
- Establishments
- 571
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 1,970 31.7%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 1,353 21.8%
- Manufacturing 480 7.7%
- Leisure & hospitality 367 5.9%
- Public administration 320 5.2%
- Construction 287 4.6%
- Professional & business services 273 4.4%
- Natural resources & mining 255 4.1%
- Financial activities 215 3.5%
- Other services 78 1.3%
- Information 27 0.4%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 66.6%
- Median gross rent
- $795
- Owner-occupied
- 6,514
- Renter-occupied
- 3,265
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 10,097 votes cast
- Republican 5,961 59.0%
- Democratic 4,008 39.7%
- Other / third-party 128 1.3%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
98.8% speak only English at home
- Spanish 143 0.6%
- French (incl. Cajun) 50 0.2%
- Korean 33 0.1%
- German 32 0.1%
- Chinese 12 0.1%
- Other Asian/Pacific 8 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 9,779
- Family households
- 6,098
- 62.4% of households
- Married w/ children
- 3,748
- Single-mother households
- 1,037
- Veterans
- 1,325
- 6.9% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
57.0% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 8,939 34.9%
- Black Protestant 3,322 13.0%
- Mainline Protestant 939 3.7%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 814 3.2%
- Catholic 592 2.3%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 93.8%
- With a disability
- 17.5%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 12.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 4th Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 11
- Court seats
- Morehouse Parish Courthouse (Bastrop, LA), Ouachita Parish Courthouse (Monroe, LA)
This judicial district spans multiple parishs.
Traffic safety context
Louisiana statewide totals, 2024 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 7
- 44.2 per 100k drivers
- Injuries
- 196
- 1236.5 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 7
- Licensed drivers
- 15,851
NHTSA FARS 2024