Jury Pool Profile

Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Democratic +67 (2024)

Population: 376,035
Median household income: $55,339
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 118,979 31.6%
Black or African American alone 207,633 55.2%
Asian alone 10,463 2.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,002 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 48 0.0%
Some other race alone 10,376 2.8%
Two or more races 27,534 7.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 29,855 7.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.4

Under 18 74,421 19.8%
18–24 33,602 8.9%
25–44 114,925 30.6%
45–64 91,208 24.3%
65 and over 61,879 16.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.55 pp vs. state
County GDP: $30.8B; 9.37% of state
Avg. annual pay: $67,626
Establishments: 17,204

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 51,452 27.4%
Leisure & hospitality 42,376 22.5%
Professional & business services 28,629 15.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 25,962 13.8%
Public administration 11,832 6.3%
Financial activities 7,969 4.2%
Other services 5,759 3.1%
Manufacturing 4,554 2.4%
Construction 3,916 2.1%
Information 3,700 2.0%
Natural resources & mining 1,167 0.6%
Unclassified 5 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 50.5%
Median gross rent: $1,211
Owner-occupied: 78,376
Renter-occupied: 76,684

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 159,130 votes cast

Democratic 130,749 82.2%
Republican 24,119 15.2%
Other / third-party 4,262 2.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 18,686 5.3%
Vietnamese 4,423 1.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 3,891 1.1%
Other Indo-European 2,585 0.7%
Chinese 1,330 0.4%
Other 1,289 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 933 0.3%
German 705 0.2%
Slavic languages 501 0.1%
Tagalog 329 0.1%
Korean 298 0.1%
Arabic 241 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 155,060
Family households: 73,585; 47.5% of households
Married w/ children: 42,757
Single-mother households: 12,917
Veterans: 13,987; 4.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

55.8% overall adherence rate

Catholic 107,648 28.0%
Black Protestant 40,454 10.5%
Evangelical Protestant 33,028 8.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 17,370 4.5%
Mainline Protestant 14,242 3.7%
Orthodox 1,391 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.6%
With a disability: 14.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 42.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Orleans Parish Civil District Court
Judges: 14 (14 elected divisions per Orleans Parish Civil District Court charter)
Court seats: Civil District Court Building (421 Loyola Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112)

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Louisiana statewide totals, 2024 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 60; 29.4 per 100k drivers
Injuries: 8,198; 4022.8 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 58
Licensed drivers: 203,789

NHTSA FARS 2024