Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana

A parish in Louisiana, ranked 14 of 64 by population.

ParishFIPS 22109

Within Louisiana
Terrebonne Parish, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Houma, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
104,163
-5,252 (-4.8%) since 2020
Land area
1,230
square miles. A further 40.9% of the total area is water
Population density
84.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Houma
Seat of county government.
Established
1822
203 years ago
Largest city
Houma city
Population 31,735.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Terrebonne Parish with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 710 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Terrebonne Parish ranks

Position among the 64 parishes of Louisiana, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn LouisianaNationally
Population104,16314th of 64604th of 3,144
Land area1,230 sq mi5th of 64497th of 3,144
Population density84.7 per sq mi23rd of 641,036th of 3,144
Median household income$64,83619th of 641,647th of 3,143

Full data for Terrebonne Parish

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population104,163Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020109,415Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?109,593Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,230 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area852.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area2,082 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?84.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$64,836American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$187,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households42,127American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units47,392American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+91
1,215 births, 1,124 deaths
Net migration
-50
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 3 areas bordering Terrebonne Parish

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Lafourche ParishLouisiana85 mi95,505
St. Mary ParishLouisiana50 mi46,552
Assumption ParishLouisiana7.6 mi19,720

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 64 parishes of Louisiana

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.