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Houma, LA Urban Area

139,352 Population
94.9 square miles 1,468.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±1.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,005 ±$3,325 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$58,678 ±$6,901 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

17.4% ±3.6% (23,608  ±5,019) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.3 minutes ±1.1 (1,478,455  ±84,264) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

58,059 ±2,148 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0 (135,903  ±5,490) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.2% ±2.6% (1,947  ±837) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

64,174 ±2,020 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$200,100 ±$13,359 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

7.4% ±2.1% (10,196  ±2,896.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

86.8% ±3.5% (82,208  ±4,604.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
23.9% ±2.5% (22,623  ±2,542.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.7% ±0.9% (5,116  ±1,249) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.5% ±1.4% (6,860  ±1,480) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,860 Total veterans ±1,480 5,991 Male ±1,335 869 Female ±652

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