Jury Pool Profile
Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
- Parish seat
- Pointe a la Hache
- Judicial district
- 25th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 22,256
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 22,803.
At a glance
Plaquemines Parish is a 22,256-person venue. The parish population is 60% White and 21% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $76,385, $15,347 above the LA state median of $61,038; 21.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 10.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and Vietnamese. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 25.3% of covered employment, average pay $78,171/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.05%, below the 4.32% state average. The parish carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 65% to 68% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 22,803
- Median household income
- $86,315
- Unemployment
- 4.0%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This parish: 60% / 21%.
Plaquemines Parish has a population of 22,803, with a median age of 37.5. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 60.0%; Black residents 21.1%. Independently, 9.8% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $76,385; 21.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 15.0% 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 25% of covered jobs.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 25.3% of covered employment, followed by Manufacturing at 16.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.05%, below the Louisiana state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this parish in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 67%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Plaquemines Parish was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 68.4% in 2024, 67.3% in 2020, 65.3% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 75% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 10.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
10.5% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Vietnamese, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 7.4% of the adult civilian population (1,217 individuals).