Jury Pool Profile
West Carroll Parish, Louisiana
- Parish seat
- Oak Grove
- Judicial district
- 5th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 9,156
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 9,464.
At a glance
West Carroll Parish is a 9,156-person venue. The parish population is 80% White and 15% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $50,254, $10,784 below the LA state median of $61,038; 15.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 4.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 24.4% of covered employment, average pay $37,029/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 6.81%, above the 4.32% state average. The parish carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 83% to 87% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 9,464
- Median household income
- $49,134
- Unemployment
- 6.8%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This parish: 80% / 15%.
West Carroll Parish has a population of 9,464, with a median age of 42.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 80.0%; Black residents 14.7%. Independently, 3.7% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $50,254; 15.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 19.1% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, with cells BLS withholds estimated from Census County Business Patterns (private jobs) and the statewide public-sector mix: Education & health services, about 32% of covered jobs.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 24.4% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 11.7%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 6.81%, above the Louisiana state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this parish in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 85%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
West Carroll Parish was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 86.6% in 2024, 85.5% in 2020, 83.4% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 65% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 4.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
4.3% 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 3.8% of the adult civilian population (281 individuals).