Jury Pool Profile
St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
- Parish seat
- Chalmette
- Judicial district
- 34th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 45,642
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 44,419.
At a glance
St. Bernard Parish is a 45,642-person venue. The parish population is 58% White and 24% Black (Census race-alone categories). 14% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $57,796, $3,242 below the LA state median of $61,038; 17.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 10.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and Vietnamese. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 22.2% of covered employment, average pay $46,137/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.77%, above the 4.32% state average. The parish carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 63% to 65% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 44,419
- Median household income
- $58,651
- Unemployment
- 4.8%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This parish: 58% / 24%.
St. Bernard Parish has a population of 44,419, with a median age of 36.2. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 58.3%; Black residents 23.8%. Independently, 13.9% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $57,796; 17.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 18.0% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
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: Trade, transportation & utilities about 2,570, Education & health services about 2,390.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 22.2% of covered employment, followed by Manufacturing at 16.0%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.77%, above the Louisiana state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this parish in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 64%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
St. Bernard Parish was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 63.8% in 2024, 63.3% in 2020, 64.7% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 67% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 10.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
10.0% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Vietnamese, Arabic. Veterans account for 4.4% of the adult civilian population (1,441 individuals).