Jury Pool Profile
Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
Republican +28 (2024)
- Population
- 158,916
- Median household income
- $51,241
- Unemployment
- 4.6%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 90,108 56.7%
- Black or African American alone 58,926 37.1%
- Asian alone 1,693 1.1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 328 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 14 0.0%
- Some other race alone 2,668 1.7%
- Two or more races 5,179 3.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,668 3.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 36.6
- Under 18 39,299 24.7%
- 18–24 15,323 9.6%
- 25–44 41,801 26.3%
- 45–64 37,924 23.9%
- 65 and over 24,569 15.5%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.6%
- +0.31 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $9.3B
- 2.83% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $50,059
- Establishments
- 5,397
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 16,625 24.0%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 12,865 18.5%
- Professional & business services 8,667 12.5%
- Leisure & hospitality 8,022 11.6%
- Manufacturing 4,618 6.7%
- Construction 4,002 5.8%
- Financial activities 3,645 5.3%
- Public administration 2,607 3.8%
- Other services 1,974 2.8%
- Information 1,061 1.5%
- Natural resources & mining 209 0.3%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 59.5%
- Median gross rent
- $923
- Owner-occupied
- 36,178
- Renter-occupied
- 24,626
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 64,436 votes cast
- Republican 40,808 63.3%
- Democratic 22,845 35.5%
- Other / third-party 783 1.2%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
95.8% speak only English at home
- Spanish 3,950 2.7%
- Other Indo-European 810 0.5%
- French (incl. Cajun) 290 0.2%
- Arabic 286 0.2%
- Vietnamese 206 0.1%
- Chinese 185 0.1%
- German 152 0.1%
- Other Asian/Pacific 95 0.1%
- Slavic languages 73 0.0%
- Tagalog 73 0.0%
- Korean 62 0.0%
- Other 14 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 60,804
- Family households
- 38,240
- 62.9% of households
- Married w/ children
- 23,960
- Single-mother households
- 6,401
- Veterans
- 7,382
- 6.2% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
61.4% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 67,091 41.8%
- Black Protestant 11,218 7.0%
- Mainline Protestant 8,837 5.5%
- Catholic 8,359 5.2%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,863 1.8%
- Orthodox 45 0.0%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 91.9%
- With a disability
- 14.6%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 27.5%
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
- 27
- 28 per 100k drivers
- Injuries
- 2,105
- 2180.4 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 27
- Licensed drivers
- 96,542
NHTSA FARS 2024