| |
People
Facts |
Houma |
Louisiana |
|
Population, 2003 estimate
|
32,025 |
4,496,334 |
|
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to
July 1, 2003
|
-1.1% |
0.6% |
|
Population, 2000
|
32,393 |
4,468,976 |
|
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000
|
5.2% |
5.9% |
|
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 or African American 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% |
|
Persons reporting some other race, percent,
2000
(a) |
0.7% |
0.7% |
|
Persons reporting two or more races, percent,
2000
|
1.6% |
1.1% |
|
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent,
2000
|
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% |
