Jury Pool Profile
St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
Republican +41 (2024)
- Population
- 51,559
- Median household income
- $53,394
- Unemployment
- 4.1%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 33,427 64.8%
- Black or African American alone 14,732 28.6%
- Asian alone 474 0.9%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 92 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 53 0.1%
- Some other race alone 233 0.5%
- Two or more races 2,548 4.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,746 3.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 39.7
- Under 18 12,427 24.1%
- 18–24 3,983 7.7%
- 25–44 13,075 25.4%
- 45–64 13,530 26.2%
- 65 and over 8,544 16.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.1%
- -0.21 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $2.0B
- 0.6% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $53,750
- Establishments
- 1,127
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Trade, transportation & utilities 3,062 24.9%
- Manufacturing 2,368 19.2%
- Education & health services 1,515 12.3%
- Leisure & hospitality 1,165 9.5%
- Construction 841 6.8%
- Professional & business services 652 5.3%
- Public administration 482 3.9%
- Financial activities 442 3.6%
- Natural resources & mining 238 1.9%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 78.9%
- Median gross rent
- $865
- Owner-occupied
- 15,744
- Renter-occupied
- 4,219
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 25,006 votes cast
- Republican 17,466 69.8%
- Democratic 7,284 29.1%
- Other / third-party 256 1.0%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
88.8% speak only English at home
- French (incl. Cajun) 3,865 8.0%
- Spanish 1,099 2.3%
- Vietnamese 146 0.3%
- Chinese 108 0.2%
- Other Asian/Pacific 80 0.2%
- Other 33 0.1%
- Other Indo-European 28 0.1%
- Tagalog 27 0.1%
- German 14 0.0%
- Korean 1 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 19,963
- Family households
- 12,952
- 64.9% of households
- Married w/ children
- 8,833
- Single-mother households
- 1,322
- Veterans
- 2,289
- 5.9% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
57.1% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 26,701 51.6%
- Evangelical Protestant 1,753 3.4%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 805 1.6%
- Black Protestant 246 0.5%
- Mainline Protestant 71 0.1%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 93.3%
- With a disability
- 16.9%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 15.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 16th Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 8
- Court seats
- Iberia Parish Courthouse (New Iberia, LA), St. Martin Courthouse (St. Martinville, LA), St. Mary Courthouse (Franklin, LA)
This judicial district spans multiple parishs.
Traffic safety context
Louisiana statewide totals, 2024 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 7
- 21.4 per 100k drivers
- Injuries
- 573
- 1751 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 7
- Licensed drivers
- 32,725
NHTSA FARS 2024