Jury Pool Profile
West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Republican +12 (2024)
- Population
- 27,666
- Median household income
- $87,320
- Unemployment
- 4.2%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 15,013 54.3%
- Black or African American alone 11,215 40.5%
- Asian alone 125 0.5%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 223 0.8%
- Some other race alone 449 1.6%
- Two or more races 641 2.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,235 4.5%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 36.6
- Under 18 6,538 23.6%
- 18–24 1,690 6.1%
- 25–44 9,015 32.6%
- 45–64 6,444 23.3%
- 65 and over 3,979 14.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.2%
- -0.1 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $2.3B
- 0.71% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $67,548
- Establishments
- 857
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Trade, transportation & utilities 3,271 24.7%
- Construction 2,918 22.0%
- Manufacturing 2,302 17.4%
- Leisure & hospitality 1,318 9.9%
- Education & health services 612 4.6%
- Public administration 592 4.5%
- Professional & business services 538 4.1%
- Other services 383 2.9%
- Financial activities 271 2.0%
- Natural resources & mining 126 1.0%
- Information 10 0.1%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 75.9%
- Median gross rent
- $1,021
- Owner-occupied
- 7,889
- Renter-occupied
- 2,511
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 13,836 votes cast
- Republican 7,627 55.1%
- Democratic 6,008 43.4%
- Other / third-party 201 1.5%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
95.3% speak only English at home
- Spanish 877 3.4%
- French (incl. Cajun) 196 0.8%
- Other Indo-European 70 0.3%
- German 42 0.2%
- Arabic 27 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 10,400
- Family households
- 7,014
- 67.4% of households
- Married w/ children
- 4,980
- Single-mother households
- 692
- Veterans
- 929
- 4.4% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
45.9% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 6,904 25.4%
- Evangelical Protestant 4,318 15.9%
- Black Protestant 1,042 3.8%
- Mainline Protestant 225 0.8%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4 0.0%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 94.2%
- With a disability
- 13.0%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 23.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 18th Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 4
- Court seats
- Iberville Parish Courthouse (Plaquemine, LA), Pointe Coupee Courthouse (New Roads, LA), West Baton Rouge Courthouse (Port Allen, LA)
This judicial district spans multiple parishs.
Traffic safety context
Louisiana statewide totals, 2024 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 10
- 53.3 per 100k drivers
- Injuries
- 595
- 3171.5 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 9
- Licensed drivers
- 18,761
NHTSA FARS 2024