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Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area

The Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area is made up of 2 parishes in Louisiana: Terrebonne and Lafourche. About 199,668 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 3.6% fewer than in April 2020.

Lafourche Parish, centralTerrebonne Parish, centralHoumaBayou CaneThibodaux
2 parishes in Louisiana
Population, July 2025
199,668 3.6% fewer than in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
Parishes
2, both central
Land area
2,300 sq mi (5,956 km²)
Time zone
Central TimeUTC-06:00 in January; UTC-05:00 in July
State
Louisiana
CBSA code
26380
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Parishes in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area, largest first

ParishRolePopulation, July 2025Share of the area
Terrebonne ParishCentral104,16352.2%
Lafourche ParishCentral95,50547.8%

A central parish holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. This area has no outlying parishes: no neighboring parish sends enough commuters to join it. A parish belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal cities, largest first

  1. Houma32,392 people
  2. Bayou Cane21,253 people
  3. Thibodaux15,732 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a parish on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Morgan City, LA Micro Area30 mi west
  2. New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area57 mi northeast
  3. Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area65 mi northwest

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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.

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