Houma, LA
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N/A of the households in Houma, LA reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.
The largest universities in Houma, LA are LaSalle Tech (121 degrees awarded in 2023).
The economy of Houma, LA employs 14.2k people. The largest industries in Houma, LA are N/A, and the highest paying industries are Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($93,385), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($83,357), and Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($75,294).
The most common job groups, by number of people living in Houma, LA, are Sales & Related Occupations (1,800 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (1,659 people), and Construction & Extraction Occupations (1,359 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Houma, LA.
This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in N/A (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.
The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.
The most common employment sectors for those who live in Houma, LA, are N/A. This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Houma, LA, though some of these residents may live in Houma, LA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.
The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($142,906), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($92,726), and Other Services Except Public Administration ($78,063).
The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($48,547), Wholesale Trade ($43,750), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($42,031).
In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Louisiana went to Donald J. Trump with 60.2% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (38.2%), followed by Other (0.547%).
N/A are the senators currently representing the state of N/A. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.
Louisiana is currently represented by 6 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.
In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Louisiana went to Donald J. Trump with 60.2% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (38.2%), followed by Other (0.547%).
The following chart shows the popular vote results in Louisiana for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.
N/A are the senators currently representing N/A.
In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.
The following chart shows elected senators in N/A over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.
Louisiana is currently represented by 6 members in the U.S. house.
Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Louisiana have changed over time starting in 2008.
Most students graduating from Universities in Houma, LA are White (48 and 39.7%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (37 and 30.6%), Black or African American (30 and 24.8%), and Two or More Races (4 and 3.31%).
In 2023, the most common concentation for N/A recipients in Houma, LA was Master Aesthetician with 41 degrees awarded.
This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a N/A from schools in Houma, LA according to their major.
In 2023, 4 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Houma, LA, which is 0.0342 times less than the 117 female students who received degrees in the same year.
In 2023, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 48 degrees mean that there were 1.3 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 37 degrees awarded.
The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.
Private for-profit, less-than 2-year ($13,785) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2013.
Private for-profit, less-than 2-year ($1,200) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2013.
The graph shows the average net price by sector and year.
In 2022, NaNk% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while NaNk% of women were in the same situation.
This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.
The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2022 were N/A.
This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.
The following map shows all of the places in Houma, LA colored by their Median Household Income (N/A).
The following chart displays the households in Houma, LA distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.
In N/A, the income inequality in N/A was N/A according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a N/A N/A from N/A to N/A, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat N/A even. The GINI for N/A was N/A than the national average of N/A. In other words, wages are distributed N/A evenly in N/A in comparison to the national average.
This chart shows the number of workers in Houma, LA across various wage buckets compared to the national average.
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The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.
Using averages, employees in Houma, LA have a N/A commute time (N/A minutes) than the normal US worker (N/A minutes). Additionally, N/A% of the workforce in Houma, LA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.
The chart below shows how the median household income in Houma, LA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.
The following chart displays the households in Houma, LA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Houma, LA have N/A.
N/A% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Houma, LA (N/A out of N/A people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of N/A%. The largest demographic living in poverty are N/A N/A, followed by N/A N/A and then N/A N/A.
The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Houma, LA is White, followed by Black and Two Or More.
The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.
93.7% of the population of Houma, LA has health coverage, with 44.7% on employee plans, 23.4% on Medicaid, 13% on Medicare, 12% on non-group plans, and 0.654% on military or VA plans.
Primary care physicians in Terrebonne Parish, LA see 2197 patients per year on average, which represents a 6.51% decrease from the previous year (2350 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1753 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 437 patients per year.
Primary care physicians in Terrebonne Parish, LA see an average of 2,197 patients per year. This represents a 6.51% decrease from the previous year (2,350 patients).
The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Terrebonne Parish, LA in comparison to its neighboring geographies.
In N/A, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in N/A.
By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.
The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.
The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Houma, LA changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.
