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.
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