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About Houma, Louisiana
Houma

Houma ( HOH-mə) is the largest city in and the parish seat of Terrebonne Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is also the largest principal city of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux metropolitan statistical area. The city's government was absorbed by the parish in 1984, which currently operates as the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government.

The population was 33,727 at the 2010 census, an increase of 1,334 over the 2000 census tabulation of 32,393. In 2020, the population estimates program determined 32,467 people lived in the city. At the 2020 census, its population rebounded to 33,406. Many unincorporated areas are adjacent to the city of Houma. The largest, Bayou Cane, is an urbanized area commonly referred to by locals as being part of Houma, but it is not included in the city's census counts, and is a separate census-designated place. If the populations of the urbanized census-designated places were included with that of the city of Houma, the total would exceed 60,000 residents.

Gender
Gender Houma Louisiana Country
Female 50.2% 51.2% 50.8%
Male 49.8% 48.8% 49.2%
Gender

Household Income


Income Houma Louisiana Country
Less than $10,000 8.7% 8.9% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 6.3% 5.5% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 17.4% 12.2% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 9.6% 10.2% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 11.5% 12.5% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 12.6% 16.3% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 12.7% 11.4% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 11.4% 13% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 5.9% 5.3% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 3.9% 4.7% 8.3%
Education


Education Houma Louisiana Country
< 9th Grade 9% 5% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 9% 9% 7.0%
High School or GED 34% 33% 27.0%
Other College 23% 21% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 6% 7% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 13% 16% 20.0%
Master's Degree 4% 6% 9.0%
Professional Degree 1% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 1% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
Education
Race / Ethnicity


Ethnicity Houma Louisiana Country
White 64.5% 58.3% 60.1%
African American 23.2% 31.9% 12.2%
American Indian 5.1% 0.5% 0.6%
Asian 0.1% 1.7% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0% 0.2%
Other 0% 0.3% 0.3%
Multiracial 3% 2% 2.8%
Hispanic 4% 5.2% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity