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Jury Pool Profile

St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana

Republican +44 (2024)
Population
269,331
Median household income
$79,277
Unemployment
4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 201,888 75.0%
  • Black or African American alone 32,914 12.2%
  • Asian alone 3,514 1.3%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,016 0.7%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 899 0.3%
  • Some other race alone 4,297 1.6%
  • Two or more races 23,803 8.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 21,369 7.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.4

  • Under 18 64,057 23.8%
  • 18–24 20,348 7.6%
  • 25–44 65,941 24.5%
  • 45–64 70,468 26.2%
  • 65 and over 48,517 18.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.0%
-0.31 pp vs. state
County GDP
$17.4B
5.28% of state
Avg. annual pay
$59,351
Establishments
10,927

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 27,308 28.2%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 21,328 22.1%
  • Leisure & hospitality 14,147 14.6%
  • Professional & business services 12,069 12.5%
  • Construction 5,969 6.2%
  • Financial activities 4,400 4.6%
  • Public administration 3,277 3.4%
  • Manufacturing 3,269 3.4%
  • Other services 2,906 3.0%
  • Information 923 1.0%
  • Natural resources & mining 849 0.9%
  • Unclassified 3 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
78.8%
Median gross rent
$1,305
Owner-occupied
81,413
Renter-occupied
21,873

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 138,384 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.3% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 10,601 4.2%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 1,457 0.6%
  • Vietnamese 937 0.4%
  • Other Indo-European 726 0.3%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 565 0.2%
  • Other 547 0.2%
  • German 513 0.2%
  • Chinese 462 0.2%
  • Slavic languages 456 0.2%
  • Arabic 425 0.2%
  • Tagalog 160 0.1%
  • Korean 78 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
103,286
Family households
72,626
70.3% of households
Married w/ children
53,796
Single-mother households
7,325
Veterans
14,599
7.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

81.1% overall adherence rate

  • 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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
92.7%
With a disability
16.9%
Bachelor's or higher
36.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
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 parishs.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Louisiana statewide totals, 2024 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
32
15.8 per 100k drivers
Injuries
2,241
1109.2 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
31
Licensed drivers
202,041

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the parish, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.