Everything about Houma Louisiana totally explained
The
city of
Houma (and /ˈhuːmə/ ) is the
parish seat of
Terrebonne Parish, in the
U.S. state of
Louisiana and the hub of a metropolitan area of over 200,000 residents.
The city's powers of government have been absorbed by the
parish, which is now run by the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government. The population was 32,393 at the 2000 census. There are many unincorporated areas adjacent to the city of Houma; the largest,
Bayou Cane, is an urbanized area commonly referred to by locals as Houma but isn't included in the 2000 census count, and is in fact a separate
census-designated place. For this reason the actual population of the Houma area is estimated to be significantly greater than the census figure.
Geography
Houma is located at (29.587614, -90.716108) and has an elevation of .
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 14.2
square miles (37
km²), of which, 14.0 square miles (36.3 km²) of it's land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km²) of it (0.92%) is water.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 32,393 people, 11,634 households, and 8,283 families residing in the city. The
population density was 2,308.5 people per square mile (891.4/km²). There were 12,514 housing units at an average density of 891.8/sq mi (344.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 67.46%
White, 26.12%
African American, 3.45%
Native American, 0.71%
Asian, 0.02%
Pacific Islander, 0.68% from
other races, and 1.57% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 1.76% of the population.
There were 11,634 households out of which 35.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.5% were
married couples living together, 16.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.8% were non-families. 24.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.24.
In the city the population was spread out with 27.9% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 94.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.2 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $34,471, and the median income for a family was $40,679. Males had a median income of $35,897 versus $22,202 for females. The
per capita income for the city was $17,720. About 16.4% of families and 20.8% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 30.7% of those under age 18 and 17.3% of those age 65 or over.
History
Culture
Houma and the surrounding communities are steeped in
Cajun tradition and culture. The area is famous for its food, fishing, swamps, music, and hospitality. Houma is also known, although not as well as
New Orleans, for its
Mardi Gras festivities. Although Houma is quickly changing and developing, many of the residents in the surrounding small communities continue to make their living as their ancestors did. They are
shrimpers,
oystermen,
crabbers,
fishermen, and trappers. Despite the rapidly changing face of the area, many long-standing traditions and lifestyles remain to remind one of the area's rich cultural history.
Houma is also the headquarters of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, and home to Louisiana's second-oldest high school,
Terrebonne High School.
Houma in popular culture
Houma and the surrounding area are the setting for the fictional Swamp Thing comic books, the 1994 V. C. Andrews book Ruby, and the 2005 film The Skeleton Key (which wasn't filmed in Houma or Terrebonne Parish).
Houma resident Martin Folse, who also owns the local News station HTV, filmed the movie Nutria Man: Terror in the Swamp in the swamps in and around Houma in 1983.
Blues musician and co-star of the IMAX movie feature Hurricane on the Bayou, Tab Benoit, grew up in Houma and attended Vandebilt Catholic High School.
Several professional athletes, past and present, were either born or raised in the Houma area, including current New York Giants running back Brandon Jacobs. Former professional athletes from the Houma area include NFL players Frank Lewis, Clarence Verdin, Jay Pennison, Troy Johnson, Melvin Johnson, and Richie Cunningham, and former Major League Baseball pitcher Wally Whitehurst.
Rock musician Dax Riggs has lived much of his life in Houma.
Artist Patrick Whetsell resides in the Houma area.
Popular Rap artist Chris Starr aka Big Chris also raps under the record label Big Chris Pro. in Houma.Further Information
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