Jury Pool Profile
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
- Parish seat
- Abbeville
- Judicial district
- 15th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 57,671
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 57,123.
At a glance
Vermilion Parish is a 57,671-person venue. The parish population is 78% White and 13% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $57,082, $3,956 below the LA state median of $61,038; 17.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 10.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly French, Haitian, or Cajun and Spanish. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 25.9% of covered employment, average pay $44,019/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.04%, below the 4.32% state average. The parish carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 78% to 81% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 57,123
- Median household income
- $55,707
- Unemployment
- 4.0%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This parish: 78% / 13%.
Vermilion Parish has a population of 57,123, with a median age of 39.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 77.8%; Black residents 12.9%. Independently, 4.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $57,082; 17.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 22.4% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Education & health services about 3,920, Trade, transportation & utilities about 3,360.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 25.9% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 14.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.04%, below the Louisiana state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this parish in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 80%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Vermilion Parish was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 81.4% in 2024, 80.3% in 2020, 78.4% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 69% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 10.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
10.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are French, Haitian, or Cajun, Spanish, Vietnamese. Veterans account for 5.0% of the adult civilian population (2,139 individuals).