Life Skills and Money Education in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana

With a population of roughly 103,864, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana is among the larger counties in Louisiana, ranking 14th of 64 by population. It has lost residents since 2020, slipping 5.1% from 109,413 down to 103,864. The median age is 37.3.

Among adults 25 and older in Terrebonne Parish, 17.7% hold a bachelor's degree or higher. That runs 2.9 points above the Louisiana average of 14.8%. Flip that figure and it describes 82.3% of the 71,518 adults 25 and over counted in the 2019–2023 ACS, about 58,859 people whose money skills came from somewhere other than a university.

Median household income is $64,819. That is $18,021 above the Louisiana median. About 16.5% of residents live below the poverty line. The median home is valued at $189,100, roughly 2.9× median household income.

Terrebonne Parish by the numbers

Measure	Value
Population (2024)	103,864
Change since 2020	-5.1%
Median household income	$64,819
Adults 25+ with a bachelor’s degree	17.7%
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma	83.3%
Median age	37.3
Poverty rate	16.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%
Median home value	$189,100
Land area	1,229.888 sq mi
Population density	84 / sq mi

What Louisiana teaches — and to whom

Louisiana has committed to a full year of personal finance as a graduation requirement, phasing in with the class of 2028 — so today's middle schoolers will be the first cohort held to it. That covers students still in the system. It does nothing for the adults already out of it — which, in Terrebonne Parish, is most of the people reading this.

LearnLife organises this the way the decisions actually arrive: Legal literacy — leases, contracts, employment rights and what a signature actually commits you to; Money — budgeting, credit, debt and taxes — the mechanics nobody is formally taught; Emotional regulation — the self-management that decides whether the other skills ever get used.

Where to start in Terrebonne Parish

Understand what a shrinking tax base changes

Terrebonne Parish has lost 5.1% of its population since 2020. Declining places tend to see slower home appreciation and tighter municipal budgets, which makes the buy-versus-rent calculation genuinely different here than the national advice assumes.

Questions people ask about Terrebonne Parish

Do high school students in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana have to take a personal finance class?

Yes — Louisiana has adopted a standalone requirement, phasing in with the graduating class of 2028. Students graduating before then are not covered.

How many adults in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana have a college degree?

17.7% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor's degree or higher, based on the Census Bureau's 2019–2023 American Community Survey. The remaining 82.3% are managing their finances without one.

What is the median household income in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana?

$64,819, per the Census Bureau's 2019–2023 American Community Survey.

Where can adults in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana learn personal finance?

Graduation requirements only ever reach people still in school. For adults, LearnLife covers the same ground on demand — money, legal literacy and the self-management that decides whether either gets used.

Start with whichever one is costing you money right now.

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Population and demographic figures: U.S. Census Bureau — 2024 Gazetteer, Vintage 2024 Population Estimates, and the American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-year estimates. Graduation-requirement status: NGPF Live U.S. Dashboard, read 2026-09-14. Figures marked as unavailable are suppressed by the Census Bureau for small populations.