Houma, Louisiana
Houma (/ˈhoʊmə/ 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.
Houma, Louisiana | |
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| City of Houma | |
Former City Hall, now Le Petit Theatre | |
Location of Houma in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. | |
Houma Location in Louisiana Houma Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 29°35′15″N 90°42′58″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | Terrebonne |
| Founded | 1834 |
| Incorporated | 1848 |
| Reincorporated | 1898 |
| Named for | Houma people |
| Parish seat | Terrebonne |
| Principal city | Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux Metropolitan Statistical Area |
| Region | Acadiana South Louisiana |
| Government | |
| • Type | Government |
| • Body | Consolidated City-Parish |
| • Parish President | Jason W. Bergeron (since 2024) |
| Area | |
| • City | 14.60 sq mi (37.80 km2) |
| • Land | 14.47 sq mi (37.47 km2) |
| • Water | 0.13 sq mi (0.33 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • City | 33,406 |
| • Density | 2,309.12/sq mi (891.55/km2) |
| • Metro | 208,178 |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 70360, 70363-64 |
| Area code | 985 |
| FIPS code | 22-36255 |
| Website | www |
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.