Jury Pool Profile
Vernon Parish, Louisiana
Republican +68 (2024)
- Population
- 47,764
- Median household income
- $58,281
- Unemployment
- 5.2%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 35,560 74.4%
- Black or African American alone 6,265 13.1%
- Asian alone 862 1.8%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 511 1.1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 196 0.4%
- Some other race alone 998 2.1%
- Two or more races 3,372 7.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,379 9.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 32.1
- Under 18 12,104 25.3%
- 18–24 5,626 11.8%
- 25–44 14,216 29.8%
- 45–64 9,348 19.6%
- 65 and over 6,470 13.5%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 5.2%
- +0.93 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $2.7B
- 0.82% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $48,821
- Establishments
- 1,060
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 2,234 17.4%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 2,188 17.1%
- Professional & business services 2,146 16.7%
- Leisure & hospitality 1,410 11.0%
- Public administration 1,307 10.2%
- Construction 595 4.6%
- Manufacturing 409 3.2%
- Financial activities 383 3.0%
- Other services 270 2.1%
- Natural resources & mining 133 1.0%
- Information 118 0.9%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 55.8%
- Median gross rent
- $1,038
- Owner-occupied
- 9,901
- Renter-occupied
- 7,853
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 16,149 votes cast
- Republican 13,474 83.4%
- Democratic 2,513 15.6%
- Other / third-party 162 1.0%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
92.2% speak only English at home
- Spanish 1,976 4.5%
- French (incl. Cajun) 294 0.7%
- Other Asian/Pacific 198 0.5%
- Korean 179 0.4%
- German 145 0.3%
- Other Indo-European 136 0.3%
- Other 125 0.3%
- Vietnamese 111 0.3%
- Tagalog 98 0.2%
- Chinese 69 0.2%
- Arabic 56 0.1%
- Slavic languages 54 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 17,754
- Family households
- 12,222
- 68.8% of households
- Married w/ children
- 9,328
- Single-mother households
- 1,108
- Veterans
- 5,084
- 16.6% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
55.8% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 21,595 44.3%
- Black Protestant 3,212 6.6%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,224 2.5%
- Catholic 586 1.2%
- Mainline Protestant 584 1.2%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 92.2%
- With a disability
- 22.1%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 19.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 30th Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 3
- Court seats
- Vernon Parish Courthouse (Leesville, LA)
Traffic safety context
Louisiana statewide totals, 2024 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 5
- 17 per 100k drivers
- Injuries
- 381
- 1297.5 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 5
- Licensed drivers
- 29,364
NHTSA FARS 2024