Houma, Louisiana

Houma
City
City of Houma
Terrebonne Parish Courthouse at Houma
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Coordinates: 29°35′15″N 90°42′58″W / 29.58750°N 90.71611°W / 29.58750; -90.71611Coordinates: 29°35′15″N 90°42′58″W / 29.58750°N 90.71611°W / 29.58750; -90.71611
Country	United States
States	Louisiana
Parish	Terrebonne
Founded	1834; 183 years ago (1834)
Incorporated	1848; 169 years ago (1848)
Reincorporated	1898; 119 years ago (1898)
County seat	Terrebonne
Principal city	Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux Metropolitan Statistical Area
Region	Acadiana South Louisiana
Government
• Type	Government
• Body	Consolidated City-Parish
• Parish President	Gordon Dove
Population (2010)
• City	33,727
• Metro	208,178
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code	70360, 70363-64
Area code	985
Future Interstate
U.S. Highways
Airport	Houma–Terrebonne Airport
Rivers	Bayou Terrebonne Intracostal Waterway
Website	houmatoday.com

Houma (/ˈhoʊmə/ HO-ma) is the only city in and the parish seat of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, 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 33,727 at the 2010 census, an increase of 1,334 over the 2000 tabulation of 32,393.

Many unincorporated areas are adjacent to the city of Houma; the largest, Bayou Cane, is an urbanized area commonly referred to by locals as being part of Houma. It is not included in the city's census counts, and is a separate census-designated place. If the populations of the urbanized census-designated places were included with that of the city of Houma, the total would exceed 60,000 residents. The city was named after the historic Native American tribe of Houma people, believed to be related to the Choctaw. The United Houma Nation Tribe is recognized by the state of Louisiana, although it has not achieved federal recognition.