† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
2 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupHouma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LALouisianaUnited States
French19.5%9.6%1.6%
American9.3%7.4%5.3%
English5.8%7.3%9.5%
German5.3%6.9%12.5%
French Canadian4.4%1.6%—
Irish3.5%6.6%9.4%
Italian3.4%4.3%4.8%
Scottish0.7%1.0%1.3%
African American†15.1%29.3%9.9%
African0.4%0.8%0.5%
Mexican3.3%2.1%11.3%
Spanish0.7%0.7%—
Honduran0.6%1.6%0.3%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.4%1.8%
Guatemalan0.3%0.2%0.5%
Nicaraguan0.3%——
Spaniard0.2%0.2%—
Aztec0.3%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA
Louisiana
United States
Median age
38.7
38
39.1
Age 18–24
8.4%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.2%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA
Louisiana
United States
Median household income
$64,027
$60,756
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.5%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
19.8%
27.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA
Louisiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.0%
8.5%
22.3%
Spanish
3.6%
4.7%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
4.2%
1.5%
0.7%
Religious landscape
Measure
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA
Louisiana
United States
Catholic
39.5%
26.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
12.2%
25.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
43.0%
36.8%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+68.3%
1896
+39.9%
1900
+19.8%
1904
+67.7%
1908
+43.5%
1912
+36.0%
1916
+29.8%
1920
−36.7%
1924
+6.1%
1928
+75.4%
1932
+78.3%
1936
+30.9%
1940
+60.4%
1944
+71.3%
1948
+5.4%
1952
+12.0%
1956
−27.9%
1960
+51.9%
1964
+23.1%
1968
+0.3%
1972
−44.0%
1976
+0.8%
1980
−11.0%
1984
−37.5%
1988
−11.2%
1992
+3.0%
1996
+15.9%
2000
−15.3%
2004
−26.8%
2008
−43.3%
2012
−44.7%
2016
−52.3%
2020
−55.1%
2024
−57.0%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
20.9%Harris17,566
77.9%Trump65,576
1.2%
R+57.0
R+1.9
R+55.6
84,172
R
21.7%Biden19,870
76.8%Trump70,363
1.5%
R+55.1
R+2.8
R+59.6
91,628
R
22.3%Clinton19,088
74.7%Trump63,861
3.0%
R+52.3
R+7.6
R+54.4
85,541
R
26.6%Obama21,697
71.4%Romney58,095
2.0%
R+44.7
R+1.4
R+48.6
81,416
R
27.0%Obama21,243
70.4%McCain55,299
2.6%
R+43.3
R+16.6
R+50.6
78,589
R
35.8%Kerry28,101
62.6%Bush49,092
1.6%
R+26.8
R+11.5
R+24.3
78,438
R
40.8%Gore29,041
56.1%Bush39,889
3.1%
R+15.3
R+31.2
R+15.8
71,124
D
52.7%Clinton37,360
36.7%Dole26,049
10.6%
D+15.9
D+13.0
D+7.4
70,957
D
42.0%Clinton29,507
39.0%Bush27,406
19.1%
D+3.0
D+14.2
R+2.6
70,309
R
43.0%Dukakis27,699
54.2%Bush34,897
2.8%
R+11.2
D+26.3
R+3.5
64,391
R
30.0%Mondale19,826
67.5%Reagan44,626
2.5%
R+37.5
R+26.5
R+19.3
66,094
R
42.1%Carter25,026
53.1%Reagan31,595
4.8%
R+11.0
R+11.9
R+1.3
59,499
D
49.0%Carter24,758
48.1%Ford24,329
2.9%
D+0.8
D+44.8
R+1.2
50,548
R
25.4%McGovern10,128
69.4%Nixon27,689
5.3%
R+44.0
R+44.3
R+20.8
39,919
O
25.4%Humphrey10,143
25.1%Nixon10,011
49.5%
Wallace +24.1
R+22.7
D+1.0
39,900
D
61.5%Johnson20,622
38.5%Goldwater12,893
0.0%
D+23.1
R+28.8
D+0.5
33,515
D
72.6%Kennedy21,236
20.7%Nixon6,056
6.7%
D+51.9
D+79.7
D+51.7
29,265
R
34.4%Stevenson5,926
62.3%Eisenhower10,724
3.3%
R+27.9
R+39.8
R+12.5
17,212
D
56.0%Stevenson9,648
44.0%Eisenhower7,587
0.0%
D+12.0
D+6.6
D+22.7
17,235
O
27.8%Truman2,848
22.4%Dewey2,295
49.8%
Thurmond +22.0
R+65.9
D+0.9
10,247
D
85.7%Roosevelt8,519
14.3%Dewey1,425
0.0%
D+71.3
D+10.9
D+63.8
9,944
D
80.2%Roosevelt6,748
19.8%Willkie1,666
0.0%
D+60.4
D+29.5
D+50.5
8,414
D
65.5%Roosevelt4,089
34.5%Landon2,156
0.0%
D+30.9
R+47.3
D+6.7
6,247
D
89.1%Roosevelt4,749
10.9%Hoover579
0.0%
D+78.3
D+2.9
D+60.5
5,329
D
87.7%Smith3,636
12.3%Hoover511
0.0%
D+75.4
D+69.2
D+92.8
4,147
D
53.1%Davis1,160
46.9%Coolidge1,026
0.0%
D+6.1
D+42.8
D+31.3
2,186
R
31.7%Cox814
68.3%Harding1,757
0.0%
R+36.7
R+66.4
R+10.5
2,571
O
38.1%Wilson1,235
8.3%Hughes270
53.6%
Other +15.5
R+6.3
D+26.6
3,242
D
56.3%Wilson1,122
20.3%Taft404
23.4%
D+36.0
R+7.5
D+16.5
1,993
D
71.5%Bryan1,706
28.0%Taft668
0.5%
D+43.5
R+24.2
D+53.1
2,386
D
83.7%Parker1,633
16.0%Roosevelt312
0.4%
D+67.7
D+47.8
D+87.3
1,952
D
59.9%Bryan1,970
40.1%McKinley1,318
0.0%
D+19.8
R+20.0
D+27.4
3,288
D
69.4%Bryan1,726
29.5%McKinley734
1.1%
D+39.9
R+28.4
D+45.9
2,488
D
84.1%Cleveland4,132
15.9%Harrison779
0.0%
D+68.3
—
D+66.6
4,911
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
7.6%4,394
77.8%44,747
57,543
2020
R
8.1%7,124
76.1%67,048
88,123
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+15.4
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+57.0
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 42 points more Democratic.
122,826 registered voters · 2024
Democratic27.3%Republican42.7%Other30.0%
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−571 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −20,727 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−934
2012
−1,038
2013
+1
2014
+279
2015
−487
2016
−1,998
2017
−2,527
2018
−1,489
2019
−1,708
2021
−637
2022
−6,500
2023
−2,102
2024
−1,016
2025
−571
Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes anchor this coastal metro, where the energy industry's boom-bust cycles and a deep Cajun Catholic heritage have driven a dramatic rightward shift in federal and statewide elections since the 2000s.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 78.3 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 57.0 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 57.0 points.
A population of 202,438, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $64,027 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lafayette, LA and Lake Charles, LA.
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How did Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA, Louisiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA, Louisiana voted Republican by 57.0 points (R+57.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 84,172 votes cast, 17,566 went Democratic and 65,576 went Republican.
When did Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA, Louisiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA, Louisiana voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA, Louisiana?
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA, Louisiana has a population of 202,438 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA, Louisiana?
Median household income in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA, Louisiana is $64,027 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA, Louisiana from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 13 went Republican.
