People QuickFacts	Houma	Louisiana
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	32,657	4,287,768
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	0.8%	-4.1%
  	Population, 2000    	32,393	4,468,976
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	7.4%	7.1%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	27.9%	27.3%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	12.2%	11.6%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	51.3%	51.6% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	67.5%	63.9%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	26.1%	32.5%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	3.5%	0.6%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.7%	1.2%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	Z	Z
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	1.6%	1.1%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	1.8%	2.4% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	59.1%	59.0%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	2.3%	2.6%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	10.6%	9.2%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	69.5%	74.8%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	14.3%	18.7%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	21.7	25.7 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	12,514	1,847,181
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	67.7%	67.9%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$82,000	$85,000 			
  	Households, 2000    	11,634	1,656,053
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.72	2.62
  	Median household income, 1999    	$34,471	$32,566
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$17,720	$16,912
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	20.8%	19.6%

   	Business QuickFacts	Houma	Louisiana
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	258,188	47,192,153
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	379,994	41,885,192
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$11,809	$9,360
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	43,559	7,411,702
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	3,341	328,756
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	5.5%	12.2%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.8%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	2.5%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	2.3%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	S
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	21.8%	26.4% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Houma	Louisiana
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	14	43,561
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	2,308.8	102.6
  	FIPS Code    	36255	22
 	Counties    	Terrebonne Parish
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts