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Houma, Louisiana

8,133 Black residents · 24.3% of the place

Houma is a city in Louisiana, entered in this gazetteer on its published 2020 figures: 33,406 residents in all, 8,133 of them Black alone — 24.3% of the place.

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Black share of state population — Louisiana highlighted — the state in the national tile map, shaded by the Black share of each state's population. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census (PL 94-171), Table P1.

Civic Snapshot

MeasureFigure
Total population, 202033,406
Black residents (alone), 20208,133
Black share of the place, 202024.3%
Rank by Black population among Louisiana places24 of 488

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.

Population Trend

Across the last two censuses, the Black population of Houma declined — 8,221 in 2010 and 8,133 in 2020, a change of -1.1%. The Black share of Houma moved from 24.4% to 24.3% over the same span.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.

The Record

Of the 488 places the Census Bureau counts in Louisiana, Houma ranks 24 by Black population, with 8,133 Black residents. Every figure here is the published redistricting count for Houma within its official bounds, printed as released.

Institutions

In Houma, a place of 33,406, institutions are carried close — the congregation, the school, the business on the main street. The federal counts record them as counts; this entry records Houma itself, fixed by name, state, population, and share like every other entry in the book.