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Houma, LA Urban Area

147,841 Population
94.9 square miles 1,558 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$31,286 ±$2,248 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$60,635 ±$5,889 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

18.3% ±3.6% (26,378  ±5,306) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

24.1 minutes ±0.6 (1,477,845  ±62,297) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

59,364 ±2,572 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (144,474  ±5,195) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

9.3% ±3.2% (3,166  ±1,102) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

64,181 ±2,172 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$199,000 ±$13,077 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

10.3% ±2.7% (15,128  ±3,947.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

84.4% ±3.6% (82,671  ±4,663.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
23.3% ±2.6% (22,776  ±2,683) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

4.1% ±1.4% (6,125  ±2,118) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5.3% ±1.1% (5,845  ±1,242) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
5,845 Total veterans ±1,242 5,206 Male ±1,038 639 Female ±624

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