Louisiana Judicial District 11

Parish: De Soto and Sabine

LA Judicial District Number: 11

Contact(s)

Steven R. Thomas
318-872-6250
Post Office Box 1004
Mansfield, LA 71052

Overview

Delivery Mechanism: 
Contract
Public Defender Office: 
No
Specialized Juvenile Court: 
Yes
Private Caseload: 
Permitted
Adult or Juvenile Drug Court: 
None

Budget

Report Year: 
2007
Annual Budget: 
$317,524

Staff

Report Year: 
2005
Total Staff: 
6
Contract Attorneys: 
4
Specialized Juvenile Defenders: 
Unknown
Full-Time Investigators: 
1
Non-Attorney Staff: 
2

Caseload

Report Year: 
2007
Total assigned cases: 
1,850
Number of Capital Cases: 
1
Number of Felony Cases: 
712
Number of Misdemeanor Cases: 
605
Number of Delinquency Cases: 
166

Note: Staffing, caseload and financial information is taken from public records filed with the Louisiana Public Defender Board. The most recent data on staffing is from 2005. LJC is working to update that information shortly. The state reports adding about 80 staff positions across the state since the last staffing report. Caseload and expenditure data is current through 2007.

Demographics

Parish: 
Sabine



Race. In 2006, 70 percent of the population of Sabine Parish, the 11th Judicial District of Louisiana, was white non-Hispanic. 17 percent were African American, and 8 percent were American Indian. Three percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino, and 2 percent identified themselves of belonging to two or more racial categories. The Choctaw-Apache Community of Ebarb is located in Sabine Parish.

 

Education. In 2000, 71 percent of Sabine residents over the age of 24 graduated from high school, compared with the national average of 80 percent. 29 percent of Sabine residents did not complete high school.


 

Bachelor’s Degree. In 2000, 11 percent of Sabine parish residentsover the age of 24 held a bachelor’s degree,  less than half of the national average and 8 percentage points less than the state average.

 

Income. In 1999 and 2004, the per capita and average household incomes of Sabine Parish residents were less than both state and national averages. In 1999, the per capita income was $15,199 and in 2004, the average household income was $30,581.


Poverty. The percentage of people living below the poverty line in Sabine parish was equal to the state average but more than the national average of 13 percent.

 Additional Demographic Information. The table below provides additional demographic information.

OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

11th District

Louisiana

English Not Spoken at Home

3%

9%

Number of Persons Living with a Disability

5,378

880,047

Population Density (per square mile)

27.1

102.60

Population, 2006 estimate   

23,934

4,287,768

Population, pct change, 00 to 06   

2%

-4%

Foreign born

1%

3%

 

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