St. Mary Parish, Louisiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 25,540 53.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,705 9.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 13,765 28.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 466 1.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,510 5.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 705 1.5%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 7 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 130 0.3%

• Under 18 11,697 24.5%
• 18–24 3,614 7.6%
• 25–44 11,233 23.5%
• 45–64 12,513 26.2%
• 65 and over 8,771 18.3%

Median household income

$48,405

90% interval $43,781–$53,029

−$12,633 vs LA · 50th of 64

Below poverty line

21.8%

90% interval 18.2%–25.4%

+3.2 pp vs LA · 26th of 64

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.0%

+0.73 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.5B

1.07% of state

Avg. annual pay

$63,289

Establishments

1,427

• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,200 21.7%
• Manufacturing 2,856 14.7%
• Education & health services 2,197 11.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,043 10.5%
• Professional & business services 1,718 8.9%
• Natural resources & mining 1,604 8.3%
• Financial activities 971 5.0%
• Construction 906 4.7%
• Public administration 678 3.5%
• Other services 396 2.0%
• Information 98 0.5%

The sectors listed cover 91.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

68.6%

+1.2 pp vs LA · 46th of 64

Median gross rent

$848

−$216 vs LA · 33rd of 64

Owner-occupied

12,673

Renter-occupied

5,790

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 48% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $120,265/yr) pays 4.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $27,017/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 13,671 65.4%
• Democratic 7,011 33.6%
• Other / third-party 215 1.0%

• Spanish 3,241 7.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 530 1.2%
• Vietnamese 428 1.0%
• Tagalog 42 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 36 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 16 0.0%
• Chinese 1 0.0%

Households

18,463

Family households

11,995

65.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,561

21.4% of families

Single-mother families

1,699

14.2% of families

Veterans

1,852

5.1% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 14,264 28.9%
• Evangelical Protestant 12,319 24.9%
• Mainline Protestant 1,649 3.3%
• Black Protestant 1,282 2.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 812 1.6%

Health insured

91.5%

±1.2 pp

Uninsured

8.5%

±1.2 pp

12th of 64

With a disability

16.7%

±1.2 pp

41st of 64

Bachelor's or higher

13.6%

±1.7 pp

−13.4 pp vs LA · 54th of 64

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.3%

90% interval 9.2%–11.4% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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 parishes.

Traffic fatalities

7

21.4 per 100k drivers

Injuries

435

1328.4 per 100k drivers

Fatal crashes

6

Licensed drivers

32,746