Houma–Thibodaux metropolitan area

Houma–Thibodaux
Houma–Thibodaux
Metropolitan area
	Houma–Thibodaux metropolitan statistical area
	From top to bottom: Houma, Thibodaux
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Principal communities	List Houma; Thibodaux;
Population (2020)
• MSA	207,137 (221st)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)

The Houma–Thibodaux metropolitan area, officially the Houma–Thibodaux metropolitan statistical area, is a metropolitan statistical area in the Acadiana region of southern Louisiana, United States that covers two parishes—Lafourche and Terrebonne. The metropolis had a 2020 census-tabulated population of 207,137.

The parish seat of Lafourche Parish, Thibodaux, is located 15 miles NNW from the parish seat of Terrebonne Parish, Houma. Bayou Cane is the commercial district of Terrebonne Parish and Lafourche Parish and is commonly referred to by locals as Houma. In 2014, Forbes magazine ranked Houma-Thibodaux as the eighth-fastest-growing small city in the United States. The metropolitan area is commonly referred to by locals as the Houma–Thibodaux area.

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