Houma ( and ) is the parish seat of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States, and the largest principal city of the Houma-Bayou Cane, Louisiana-Thibodaux, Louisiana Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metropolitan area. The city's powers of government have been absorbed by the Parish (subnational entity), which is now run by the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government. The population was 32,393 at the 2000 United States Census. There are many unincorporated areas adjacent to the city of Houma; the largest, Bayou Cane, Louisiana, is an urbanized area commonly referred to by locals as Houma but is not included in the 2000 census count, and is in fact...

Houma ( and ) is the parish seat of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States, and the largest principal city of the Houma-Bayou Cane, Louisiana-Thibodaux, Louisiana Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metropolitan area. The city's powers of government have been absorbed by the Parish (subnational entity), which is now run by the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government. The population was 32,393 at the 2000 United States Census. There are many unincorporated areas adjacent to the city of Houma; the largest, Bayou Cane, Louisiana, is an urbanized area commonly referred to by locals as Houma but is not included in the 2000 census count, and is in fact a separate census-designated place. The name Houma derives from the Houma Tribe tribe, not recognized by the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs.

History
* Houma was founded in 1810 and incorporated in 1848, and again in 1898.

Geography
Houma is located at (29.587614, -90.716108) and has an elevation of. BY SQ

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 is 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 (U.S. Census), 26.12% African American (U.S. Census), 3.45% Native American (U.S. Census), 0.71% Asian (U.S. Census), 0.02% Pacific Islander (U.S. Census), 0.68% from Race (United States Census), and 1.57% from two or more races. Hispanic (U.S. Census) or Latino (U.S. Census) of any race were 1.76% of the population.