Jury Pool Profile
St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
- Parish seat
- St. Martinville
- Judicial district
- 16th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 51,106
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 51,353.
At a glance
St. Martin Parish is a 51,106-person venue. The parish population is 63% White and 29% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $66,885, $5,847 above the LA state median of $61,038; 16.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 10.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly French, Haitian, or Cajun and Spanish. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 24.2% of covered employment, average pay $49,957/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.15%, below the 4.32% state average. The parish carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 66% to 70% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 51,353
- Median household income
- $55,960
- Unemployment
- 4.2%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This parish: 63% / 29%.
St. Martin Parish has a population of 51,353, with a median age of 40.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 63.4%; Black residents 28.6%. Independently, 3.6% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $66,885; 16.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 16.7% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 2,980 jobs; Education & health services, about 2,800, is within 20% of it, counting the jobs BLS withholds.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 24.2% of covered employment, followed by Manufacturing at 18.9%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.15%, below the Louisiana state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this parish in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 68%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
St. Martin Parish was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 69.8% in 2024, 67.3% in 2020, 65.5% 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'). 10.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
10.6% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are French, Haitian, or Cajun, Spanish, Vietnamese. Veterans account for 5.4% of the adult civilian population (2,112 individuals).