Jury Pool Profile
St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Republican +19 (2024)
- Population
- 82,128
- Median household income
- $45,637
- Unemployment
- 5.1%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 43,885 53.4%
- Black or African American alone 33,110 40.3%
- Asian alone 459 0.6%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 133 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 216 0.3%
- Some other race alone 1,210 1.5%
- Two or more races 3,115 3.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,338 2.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 37.5
- Under 18 21,908 26.7%
- 18–24 6,828 8.3%
- 25–44 19,975 24.3%
- 45–64 19,768 24.1%
- 65 and over 13,649 16.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 5.1%
- +0.87 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $3.2B
- 0.97% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $47,117
- Establishments
- 2,100
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Trade, transportation & utilities 6,929 29.4%
- Education & health services 4,694 19.9%
- Leisure & hospitality 2,304 9.8%
- Manufacturing 1,418 6.0%
- Construction 1,258 5.3%
- Professional & business services 1,070 4.5%
- Public administration 944 4.0%
- Financial activities 787 3.3%
- Other services 460 2.0%
- Natural resources & mining 459 1.9%
- Information 103 0.4%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 70.0%
- Median gross rent
- $742
- Owner-occupied
- 22,159
- Renter-occupied
- 9,479
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 37,043 votes cast
- Republican 21,812 58.9%
- Democratic 14,833 40.0%
- Other / third-party 398 1.1%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
91.9% speak only English at home
- French (incl. Cajun) 3,932 5.2%
- Spanish 1,605 2.1%
- Other Indo-European 322 0.4%
- German 84 0.1%
- Other Asian/Pacific 71 0.1%
- Arabic 57 0.1%
- Other 36 0.0%
- Chinese 24 0.0%
- Vietnamese 17 0.0%
- Korean 5 0.0%
- Slavic languages 2 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 31,638
- Family households
- 20,803
- 65.8% of households
- Married w/ children
- 12,844
- Single-mother households
- 3,570
- Veterans
- 2,876
- 4.8% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
68.8% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 44,213 53.6%
- Evangelical Protestant 8,824 10.7%
- Black Protestant 1,640 2.0%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,076 1.3%
- Mainline Protestant 1,003 1.2%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 92.8%
- With a disability
- 14.5%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 14.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 27th Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 4
- Court seats
- St. Landry Parish Courthouse (Opelousas, LA)
Traffic safety context
Louisiana statewide totals, 2024 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 16
- 26.1 per 100k drivers
- Injuries
- 986
- 1607.5 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 15
- Licensed drivers
- 61,338
NHTSA FARS 2024