Jury Pool Profile
St. James Parish, Louisiana
Republican +1 (2024)
- Population
- 19,797
- Median household income
- $64,536
- Unemployment
- 5.0%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 9,834 49.7%
- Black or African American alone 9,572 48.4%
- Asian alone 6 0.0%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 21 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 165 0.8%
- Two or more races 199 1.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 372 1.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 40.8
- Under 18 4,431 22.4%
- 18–24 1,496 7.6%
- 25–44 5,009 25.3%
- 45–64 5,102 25.8%
- 65 and over 3,759 19.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 5.0%
- +0.78 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $3.3B
- 1.01% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $78,993
- Establishments
- 462
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Manufacturing 2,343 30.6%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 1,600 20.9%
- Construction 490 6.4%
- Education & health services 441 5.8%
- Professional & business services 420 5.5%
- Leisure & hospitality 420 5.5%
- Public administration 382 5.0%
- Financial activities 153 2.0%
- Natural resources & mining 142 1.9%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 85.5%
- Median gross rent
- $821
- Owner-occupied
- 6,355
- Renter-occupied
- 1,081
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 11,789 votes cast
- Republican 5,902 50.1%
- Democratic 5,792 49.1%
- Other / third-party 95 0.8%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
97.6% speak only English at home
- Spanish 226 1.2%
- French (incl. Cajun) 214 1.1%
- Tagalog 6 0.0%
- German 3 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 7,436
- Family households
- 5,409
- 72.7% of households
- Married w/ children
- 3,568
- Single-mother households
- 685
- Veterans
- 493
- 3.2% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
118.0% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 19,342 95.8%
- Black Protestant 2,720 13.5%
- Evangelical Protestant 1,332 6.6%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 299 1.5%
- Mainline Protestant 129 0.6%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 93.3%
- With a disability
- 12.1%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 20.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 23rd Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 7
- Court seats
- Ascension Parish Courthouse (Donaldsonville, LA), Assumption Parish Courthouse (Napoleonville, LA), St. James Parish Courthouse (Convent, LA)
This judicial district spans multiple parishs.
Traffic safety context
Louisiana statewide totals, 2024 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 5
- 33.6 per 100k drivers
- Injuries
- 324
- 2178.6 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 5
- Licensed drivers
- 14,872
NHTSA FARS 2024