Jury Pool Profile
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
Republican +64 (2024)
- Population
- 57,031
- Median household income
- $57,537
- Unemployment
- 4.1%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 44,728 78.4%
- Black or African American alone 7,409 13.0%
- Asian alone 1,141 2.0%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 92 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 262 0.5%
- Some other race alone 416 0.7%
- Two or more races 2,983 5.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,378 4.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 39.4
- Under 18 14,445 25.3%
- 18–24 4,627 8.1%
- 25–44 13,991 24.5%
- 45–64 14,807 26.0%
- 65 and over 9,161 16.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.1%
- -0.18 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $1.9B
- 0.59% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $48,191
- Establishments
- 1,348
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Trade, transportation & utilities 2,979 23.7%
- Education & health services 1,792 14.3%
- Leisure & hospitality 1,125 9.0%
- Natural resources & mining 972 7.7%
- Construction 915 7.3%
- Professional & business services 755 6.0%
- Public administration 557 4.4%
- Financial activities 453 3.6%
- Manufacturing 396 3.2%
- Other services 248 2.0%
- Information 81 0.6%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 74.3%
- Median gross rent
- $802
- Owner-occupied
- 16,272
- Renter-occupied
- 5,642
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 26,429 votes cast
- Republican 21,510 81.4%
- Democratic 4,637 17.5%
- Other / third-party 282 1.1%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
90.1% speak only English at home
- French (incl. Cajun) 3,395 6.4%
- Vietnamese 875 1.6%
- Spanish 707 1.3%
- Other Indo-European 196 0.4%
- Other 64 0.1%
- Other Asian/Pacific 49 0.1%
- German 17 0.0%
- Chinese 8 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 21,914
- Family households
- 15,488
- 70.7% of households
- Married w/ children
- 10,328
- Single-mother households
- 1,918
- Veterans
- 2,444
- 5.8% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
48.8% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 22,873 39.9%
- Evangelical Protestant 3,184 5.6%
- Mainline Protestant 928 1.6%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 888 1.5%
- Black Protestant 126 0.2%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 92.6%
- With a disability
- 17.2%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 16.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 15th Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 13
- Court seats
- Acadia Parish Courthouse (Crowley, LA), Lafayette Parish Courthouse (Lafayette, LA), Vermilion Parish Courthouse (Abbeville, LA)
This judicial district spans multiple parishs.
Traffic safety context
Louisiana statewide totals, 2024 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 4
- 9.9 per 100k drivers
- Injuries
- 407
- 1012.2 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 4
- Licensed drivers
- 40,209
NHTSA FARS 2024