Jury Pool Profile
West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
- Parish seat
- Port Allen
- Judicial district
- 18th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 28,756
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 27,974.
At a glance
West Baton Rouge Parish is a 28,756-person venue. The parish population is 53% White and 41% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $70,550, $9,512 above the LA state median of $61,038; 23.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 4.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 30.3% of covered employment, average pay $54,367/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.2%, below the 4.32% state average. The parish carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking roughly 54% of the vote each time.
- Population
- 27,974
- Median household income
- $87,299
- Unemployment
- 4.2%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This parish: 53% / 41%.
West Baton Rouge Parish has a population of 27,974, with a median age of 36.6. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 52.6%; Black residents 41.0%. Independently, 4.6% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $70,550; 23.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 12.1% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 30% of covered jobs.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 30.3% of covered employment, followed by Construction at 18.6%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.2%, below the Louisiana state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this parish in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 55%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
West Baton Rouge Parish was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 55.1% in 2024, 54.5% in 2020, 54.5% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 64% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 4.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
4.5% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 4.9% of the adult civilian population (1,033 individuals).