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Monroe, LA

47,241 Population
29.7 square miles 1,588.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 38 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$26,889 ±$2,543 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: $29,313 ±$921
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$36,521 ±$4,339 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: $49,203 ±$1,971
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

38.9% ±3.5% (17,191  ±1,531) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 25.2% 54,563 (±1.3% / ±2,892)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

18 minutes ±1.1 (276,770  ±25,664) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 24 2,058,955 (±0.7 / ±74,152)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

18,383 ±667 Number of households
  • the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 86,081 ±911
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.4 ±0.1 (44,091  ±88) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 2.5 216,870 (±0 / ±169)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

5% ±1.8% (573  ±208) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 5.7% † 2,958 (±0.8% / ±402)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

21,317 ±519 Number of housing units
  • the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 101,676 ±127
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$174,800 ±$15,887 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: $163,000 ±$4,410
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

15.7% ±2.5% (7,318  ±1,147.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 11.2% 24,882 (±0.9% / ±1,992.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

84.8% ±4.2% (25,256  ±1,380.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 86.5% 129,313 (±1.9% / ±2,809.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
28.8% ±2.6% (8,564  ±784.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 23.9% 35,683 (±1% / ±1,418.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.3% ±0.7% (1,073  ±319) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 1.9% 4,354
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

5.6% ±1.1% (1,954  ±379) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 6.2% 10,595 (±0.5% / ±758)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
1,954 Total veterans ±379 1,792 Male ±345 162 Female ±115

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