Jury Pool Profile
Webster Parish, Louisiana
Republican +36 (2024)
- Population
- 36,189
- Median household income
- $37,396
- Unemployment
- 5.2%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 22,752 62.9%
- Black or African American alone 12,104 33.4%
- Asian alone 112 0.3%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 114 0.3%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 34 0.1%
- Some other race alone 45 0.1%
- Two or more races 1,028 2.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 780 2.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 41.2
- Under 18 8,270 22.9%
- 18–24 2,893 8.0%
- 25–44 8,349 23.1%
- 45–64 9,357 25.9%
- 65 and over 7,320 20.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 5.2%
- +0.9 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $1.6B
- 0.47% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $49,290
- Establishments
- 995
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Trade, transportation & utilities 2,600 23.5%
- Education & health services 2,467 22.3%
- Manufacturing 1,365 12.3%
- Leisure & hospitality 817 7.4%
- Public administration 659 6.0%
- Construction 637 5.8%
- Professional & business services 603 5.5%
- Natural resources & mining 331 3.0%
- Financial activities 301 2.7%
- Other services 184 1.7%
- Information 39 0.4%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 68.2%
- Median gross rent
- $777
- Owner-occupied
- 10,067
- Renter-occupied
- 4,694
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 16,205 votes cast
- Republican 10,965 67.7%
- Democratic 5,053 31.2%
- Other / third-party 187 1.2%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
98.2% speak only English at home
- Spanish 338 1.0%
- French (incl. Cajun) 90 0.3%
- Other Indo-European 71 0.2%
- Other Asian/Pacific 70 0.2%
- Tagalog 20 0.1%
- German 13 0.0%
- Vietnamese 7 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 14,761
- Family households
- 9,465
- 64.1% of households
- Married w/ children
- 6,460
- Single-mother households
- 1,038
- Veterans
- 1,860
- 6.7% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
67.0% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 16,452 44.5%
- Black Protestant 4,156 11.2%
- Mainline Protestant 2,710 7.3%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 810 2.2%
- Catholic 623 1.7%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 92.9%
- With a disability
- 17.5%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 12.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 26th Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 5
- Court seats
- Bossier Parish Courthouse (Benton, LA), Webster Parish Courthouse (Minden, LA)
This judicial district spans multiple parishs.
Traffic safety context
Louisiana statewide totals, 2024 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 5
- 18.6 per 100k drivers
- Injuries
- 344
- 1280.4 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 4
- Licensed drivers
- 26,867
NHTSA FARS 2024