Louisiana Judicial District 3

Parish: Lincoln and Union

LA Judicial District Number: 3

Contact(s)

District Defender/Supervisor
Lewis A. Jones
318-255-5100
117 West Texas Avenue
Ruston, LA 71270

Overview

Delivery Mechanism: 
Contract
Public Defender Office: 
No
Specialized Juvenile Court: 
No
Private Caseload: 
Permitted
Adult or Juvenile Drug Court: 
Yes, adult only

Budget

Annual Budget: 
$370,606

Staff

Report Year: 
2005
Total Staff: 
6
Contract Attorneys: 
6
Specialized Juvenile Defenders: 
Unknown
Full-Time Investigators: 
0
Non-Attorney Staff: 
0

Caseload

Report Year: 
2007
Total assigned cases: 
1,364
Number of Capital Cases: 
0
Number of Felony Cases: 
486
Number of Misdemeanor Cases: 
452
Number of Delinquency Cases: 
173

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: 
Union
Land Area: 
877.60 (square miles)
Population Density: 
26.00 (per square mile)
Population: 
22,803
African-American / Black: 
27.10%
European-American / White: 
71.90%
Other Ethnicity: 
1.00%
English Not Spoken at Home: 
2.50%
Number of Persons Living with a Disability: 
4,826
High School Graduates: 
71.70%
Bachelors Degree or Higher: 
11.80%
Median Household Income: 
$30.697
Year of reported median income: 
2004
Living Below the Poverty Line: 
18.70%
Year when poverty line numbers were reported: 
2004
Link to Census Report
Census year: 
2000
Parish: 
Lincoln
Land Area: 
471.38 (square miles)
Population Density: 
90.30 (per square mile)
Population: 
41,857
African-American / Black: 
40.80%
European-American / White: 
56.80%
Other Ethnicity: 
2.40%
English Not Spoken at Home: 
5.20%
Number of Persons Living with a Disability: 
6,339
High School Graduates: 
80.40%
Bachelors Degree or Higher: 
31.80%
Median Household Income: 
$29.007
Year of reported median income: 
2004
Living Below the Poverty Line: 
22.60%
Year when poverty line numbers were reported: 
2004
Link to Census Report
Census year: 
2000
Parish: 
Lincoln
Union

Race. The 3rd Judicial District includes Lincoln and Union Parishes. All of the following figures represent the totals for both parishes. Whites made up 62 percent and African Americans 34 percent of the population in 2006. The remaining portions of the district are divided between Hispanics or Latinos, 2 percent, American Indians, 0.3 percent, Asians, 1 percent, and those who identified as two or more races, 1 percent.Education. . 76 percent of District 3 residents aged 25 years or more had graduated from high school in the year 2000. This is slightly more than the state average of 75 percent, but four percent less than the national average of 80 percent.Bachelor's Degree. 22 percent of residents in the 3rd District aged 25 years or more held a bachelor’s degree in the year 2000, compared with 19 percent statewide and 24 percent nationwide.Income. The per capita and household income averages for the 3rd District were $14,566 and $29,852 respectively, less than both the state and national averages. Poverty. 21 percent of residents in the 3rd District lived below the poverty line in 2004, more than both the state average of 19 percent and the national average of 13 percent.Additional Demographic Information. The total population of Lincoln Parish and Union Parish was 64.821. While Louisiana’s population as a whole decreased by 4 percent between the years of 2000 and 2006, the population of the 3rd District decreased by 0.4 percent. 3.85 percent of 3rd District residents spoke a language other than English at home and 1.65% of the same population was born in another country in 2000. As of 2000, The 3rd District was mostly rural, with an average of 8 people per square mile.

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Parish: 
Lincoln
Union

Race. The 3rd Judicial District includes Lincoln and Union Parishes. All of the following figures represent the totals for both parishes. Whites made up 62 percent and African Americans 34 percent of the population in 2006. The remaining portions of the district are divided between Hispanics or Latinos, 2 percent, American Indians, 0.3 percent, Asians, 1 percent, and those who identified as two or more races, 1 percent.

Education. . 76 percent of District 3 residents aged 25 years or more had graduated from high school in the year 2000. This is slightly more than the state average of 75 percent, but four percent less than the national average of 80 percent.

Bachelor's Degree. 22 percent of residents in the 3rd District aged 25 years or more held a bachelor’s degree in the year 2000, compared with 19 percent statewide and 24 percent nationwide.

Income. The per capita and household income averages for the 3rd District were $14,566 and $29,852 respectively, less than both the state and national averages.

Poverty. 21 percent of residents in the 3rd District lived below the poverty line in 2004, more than both the state average of 19 percent and the national average of 13 percent.

Additional Demographic Information. The total population of Lincoln Parish and Union Parish was 64.821. While Louisiana’s population as a whole decreased by 4 percent between the years of 2000 and 2006, the population of the 3rd District decreased by 0.4 percent. 3.85 percent of 3rd District residents spoke a language other than English at home and 1.65% of the same population was born in another country in 2000. As of 2000, The 3rd District was mostly rural, with an average of 8 people per square mile.



OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

Louisiana

3rd Judicial District (Lincoln and Union Parishes)

Population, 2006 estimate   

4,287,768

                                                                                         64,821

Population, pct change, 00 to 06   

-4%

-0.4%

Foreign born

3%

2%

English Not Spoken at Home

3%

4%

Persons Living with a Disability

9%

                                                                                    11,165

Population Density (per square mile)

103

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Parish: 
Lincoln
Union

Race.Education. Bachelor's Degree.Income.Poverty.