Louisiana Judicial District 13
Parish: Evangeline
LA Judicial District Number: 13
Contact(s)
Ville Platt, LA 70586
Overview
Budget
Staff
Caseload
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
Race. 30 percent of Evangeline Parish residents were African American or Black; 68 percent of residents were non-Hispanic White.
Education. 56 percent of Evangeline residents over 25 years of age had completed high school in 2000, significantly less than the state and national figures.
10 percent of Evangeline residents over the age of 25 had at least a bachelor's degree in teh year 2000.
Income. Both the per capita and household income averages were lower in Evangeline than for Louisiana or the United States.
Over one quarter, or 26 percent of Evangeline residents lived below the poverty line in 2004.
Other Demographic Information. Evangeline Parish is located in an are of the state where high numbers of people speak French. 28 percent of Evangeline residents spoke a language other than English at home, even though just 1 percent of residents were born outside of the United States.
| OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION | 13th District (Evangeline Parish) | Louisiana |
| English Not Spoken at Home | 28% | 9% |
| Number of Persons Living with a Disability | 8,548 | 880,047 |
| Population Density (per square mile) | 53.4 | 102.60 |
| Population, 2006 estimate | 35,911 | 4,287,768 |
| Population, pct change, 00 to 06 | 1% | -4% |
| Foreign born | 1% | 3% |