Jury Pool Profile
St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
Republican +32 (2024)
- Population
- 48,455
- Median household income
- $51,768
- Unemployment
- 5.2%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 27,189 56.1%
- Black or African American alone 14,084 29.1%
- Asian alone 633 1.3%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 788 1.6%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 11 0.0%
- Some other race alone 1,841 3.8%
- Two or more races 3,909 8.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,536 9.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 39.7
- Under 18 11,799 24.4%
- 18–24 3,695 7.6%
- 25–44 11,368 23.5%
- 45–64 12,889 26.6%
- 65 and over 8,704 18.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 5.2%
- +0.93 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $3.5B
- 1.07% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $61,932
- Establishments
- 1,436
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Trade, transportation & utilities 4,282 21.6%
- Manufacturing 2,840 14.3%
- Education & health services 2,142 10.8%
- Leisure & hospitality 2,079 10.5%
- Professional & business services 1,903 9.6%
- Natural resources & mining 1,745 8.8%
- Construction 1,008 5.1%
- Financial activities 970 4.9%
- Public administration 698 3.5%
- Other services 390 2.0%
- Information 93 0.5%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 69.8%
- Median gross rent
- $839
- Owner-occupied
- 13,064
- Renter-occupied
- 5,641
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 20,897 votes cast
- Republican 13,671 65.4%
- Democratic 7,011 33.6%
- Other / third-party 215 1.0%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
90.1% speak only English at home
- Spanish 3,040 6.7%
- French (incl. Cajun) 664 1.5%
- Vietnamese 493 1.1%
- Other Indo-European 105 0.2%
- Tagalog 68 0.2%
- Other 62 0.1%
- Slavic languages 35 0.1%
- German 18 0.0%
- Other Asian/Pacific 2 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 18,705
- Family households
- 12,364
- 66.1% of households
- Married w/ children
- 7,936
- Single-mother households
- 1,665
- Veterans
- 1,852
- 5.1% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
61.4% overall adherence rate
- 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%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 93.2%
- With a disability
- 16.2%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 13.1%
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
- 435
- 1328.4 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 6
- Licensed drivers
- 32,746
NHTSA FARS 2024