Jury Pool Profile
Union Parish, Louisiana
Republican +57 (2024)
- Population
- 20,914
- Median household income
- $45,743
- Unemployment
- 5.3%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 14,570 69.7%
- Black or African American alone 5,194 24.8%
- Asian alone 6 0.0%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 17 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 5 0.0%
- Some other race alone 412 2.0%
- Two or more races 710 3.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,172 5.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 43.5
- Under 18 4,513 21.6%
- 18–24 1,561 7.5%
- 25–44 4,624 22.1%
- 45–64 5,590 26.7%
- 65 and over 4,626 22.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 5.3%
- +0.99 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $752.2M
- 0.23% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $42,245
- Establishments
- 460
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 1,031 18.9%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 830 15.2%
- Professional & business services 511 9.4%
- Leisure & hospitality 269 4.9%
- Construction 231 4.2%
- Public administration 219 4.0%
- Financial activities 109 2.0%
- Other services 59 1.1%
- Information 38 0.7%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 76.1%
- Median gross rent
- $758
- Owner-occupied
- 6,274
- Renter-occupied
- 1,973
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 10,475 votes cast
- Republican 8,176 78.1%
- Democratic 2,206 21.1%
- Other / third-party 93 0.9%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
96.7% speak only English at home
- Spanish 564 2.9%
- French (incl. Cajun) 46 0.2%
- Korean 31 0.2%
- Vietnamese 5 0.0%
- German 1 0.0%
- Other Indo-European 1 0.0%
- Tagalog 1 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 8,247
- Family households
- 5,377
- 65.2% of households
- Married w/ children
- 3,896
- Single-mother households
- 697
- Veterans
- 1,059
- 6.5% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
67.8% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 11,770 55.8%
- Black Protestant 678 3.2%
- Mainline Protestant 671 3.2%
- Catholic 600 2.8%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 597 2.8%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 91.9%
- With a disability
- 16.6%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 16.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 3rd Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 3
- Court seats
- Union Parish Courthouse (Farmerville, LA), Lincoln Parish Courthouse (Ruston, LA)
This judicial district spans multiple parishs.
Traffic safety context
Louisiana statewide totals, 2024 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 4
- 25.1 per 100k drivers
- Injuries
- 219
- 1371.8 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 4
- Licensed drivers
- 15,964
NHTSA FARS 2024