St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 197,214 72.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 22,407 8.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 32,750 12.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 3,643 1.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 12,667 4.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 581 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 924 0.3%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2,235 0.8%

• Under 18 64,297 23.6%
• 18–24 20,742 7.6%
• 25–44 66,773 24.5%
• 45–64 70,371 25.8%
• 65 and over 50,238 18.4%

Median household income

$84,478

90% interval $78,911–$90,045

+$23,440 vs LA · 3rd of 64

Below poverty line

10.2%

90% interval 8.7%–11.7%

−8.4 pp vs LA · 63rd of 64

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

−0.32 pp vs. state

County GDP

$17.4B

5.28% of state

Avg. annual pay

$61,502

Establishments

11,235

• Education & health services 27,531 28.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 21,400 21.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 14,369 14.7%
• Professional & business services 12,277 12.5%
• Construction 6,236 6.4%
• Financial activities 4,448 4.5%
• Manufacturing 3,243 3.3%
• Public administration 3,241 3.3%
• Other services 2,961 3.0%
• Information 941 1.0%
• Natural resources & mining 830 0.8%
• Unclassified 1 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 99.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

78.9%

+11.5 pp vs LA · 15th of 64

Median gross rent

$1,332

+$268 vs LA · 4th of 64

Owner-occupied

82,876

Renter-occupied

22,206

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 65% of the parish workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $173,691/yr) pays 7.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,858/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.7 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 98,377 71.1%
• Democratic 37,777 27.3%
• Other / third-party 2,230 1.6%

• Spanish 10,988 4.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1,934 0.8%
• Vietnamese 1,088 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 550 0.2%
• Chinese 498 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 469 0.2%
• Arabic 380 0.1%
• Tagalog 156 0.1%
• Korean 48 0.0%

Households

105,082

Family households

73,620

70.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

20,653

28.1% of families

Single-mother families

7,120

9.7% of families

Veterans

15,461

7.5% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 145,007 54.8%
• Evangelical Protestant 44,174 16.7%
• Mainline Protestant 15,564 5.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5,653 2.1%
• Black Protestant 4,064 1.5%

Health insured

93.2%

±0.6 pp

Uninsured

6.8%

±0.6 pp

36th of 64

With a disability

16.1%

±0.7 pp

49th of 64

Bachelor's or higher

37.7%

±1.2 pp

+10.7 pp vs LA · 3rd of 64

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.2%

90% interval 7.4%–9.0% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

22nd Judicial District Court

Judges

12

Court seats

St. Tammany Parish Courthouse (Covington, LA), Washington Parish Courthouse (Franklinton, LA)

This judicial district spans multiple parishes.

Traffic fatalities

32

15.8 per 100k drivers

Injuries

2,241

1109.2 per 100k drivers

Fatal crashes

31

Licensed drivers

202,041