Jury Pool Profile
Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
Republican +37 (2024)
- Population
- 135,218
- Median household income
- $57,256
- Unemployment
- 5.1%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 83,835 62.0%
- Black or African American alone 40,430 29.9%
- Asian alone 1,029 0.8%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 98 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 49 0.0%
- Some other race alone 1,246 0.9%
- Two or more races 8,531 6.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,511 5.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 35.7
- Under 18 33,216 24.6%
- 18–24 13,453 9.9%
- 25–44 37,268 27.6%
- 45–64 31,020 22.9%
- 65 and over 20,261 15.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 5.1%
- +0.81 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $6.4B
- 1.96% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $46,783
- Establishments
- 3,747
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 15,628 33.1%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 11,355 24.1%
- Leisure & hospitality 6,299 13.3%
- Professional & business services 3,754 8.0%
- Manufacturing 2,857 6.1%
- Construction 2,055 4.4%
- Financial activities 1,611 3.4%
- Public administration 1,414 3.0%
- Other services 948 2.0%
- Information 347 0.7%
- Natural resources & mining 331 0.7%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 71.5%
- Median gross rent
- $974
- Owner-occupied
- 35,896
- Renter-occupied
- 14,295
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 55,104 votes cast
- Republican 37,500 68.1%
- Democratic 16,886 30.6%
- Other / third-party 718 1.3%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
94.9% speak only English at home
- Spanish 4,424 3.5%
- Other Asian/Pacific 544 0.4%
- French (incl. Cajun) 493 0.4%
- Arabic 281 0.2%
- Vietnamese 186 0.1%
- Other Indo-European 176 0.1%
- German 106 0.1%
- Chinese 95 0.1%
- Other 82 0.1%
- Tagalog 41 0.0%
- Slavic languages 40 0.0%
- Korean 3 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 50,191
- Family households
- 32,782
- 65.3% of households
- Married w/ children
- 22,059
- Single-mother households
- 4,715
- Veterans
- 6,060
- 6% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
52.3% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 37,131 27.9%
- Catholic 18,467 13.9%
- Black Protestant 7,803 5.9%
- Mainline Protestant 3,851 2.9%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,392 1.8%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 92.8%
- With a disability
- 20.5%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 22.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 21st Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 9
- Court seats
- Livingston Parish Courthouse (Livingston, LA), St. Helena Parish Courthouse (Greensburg, LA), Tangipahoa Parish Courthouse (Amite, LA)
This judicial district spans multiple parishs.
Traffic safety context
Louisiana statewide totals, 2024 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 30
- 33.3 per 100k drivers
- Injuries
- 1,649
- 1833 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 28
- Licensed drivers
- 89,962
NHTSA FARS 2024