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Houma Houma is a city
in and the parish seat of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States,
and the largest
principal city of the Houma--Bayou Cane--Thibodaux Metropolitan Statistical
Area. 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 is not included in the 2000 census count, and is in fact a separate
census-designated
place. The name Houma derives from the
Houmas Indian tribe, not recognized by the U.S. Bureau of Indian
Affairs. 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. Downtown Houma is a national historic district
and offers a downtown walking tour and many attractions such as the Bayou
Terrebonne Waterlife Museum, the Folklife Culture Center, the Regional Military
Museum, Southdown Plantation, the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center, monuments to
local armed forces, and local eateries. 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 although occupations of the oil industry
and ship building are also becoming quite popular. 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. The Houma-Terrebonne area
took the brunt of Hurricane Gustav on September 1, 2008. Houma was mentioned many times on
national news channels such as MSNBC as the worst place to be during the storm.
The city of Houma and all of Terrebonne Parish (County)lost electricity for a
few days and some residents had damage to
homes. Income & Housing Costs Numbers: Estimated median household income in 2008: $49,917 (it
was $34,471 in 2000)
Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $133,338
(it was $79,300 in 2000)
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