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Monroe, LA Urban Area

121,132 Population
91 square miles 1,331.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,256 ±$3,465 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$56,980 ±$8,225 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

22.9% ±3.7% (26,061  ±4,414) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

20.1 minutes ±0.9 (924,615  ±52,789) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

47,817 ±2,450 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.2 (116,063  ±4,705) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.2% ±2% (1,582  ±604) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

55,542 ±2,050 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$196,300 ±$20,498 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.4% ±2.5% (11,206  ±2,976.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

86.9% ±5.1% (68,935  ±4,990.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
30.1% ±3.4% (23,856  ±2,854.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

3% ±1.1% (3,613  ±1,313) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.2% ±1.2% (4,750  ±1,137) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,750 Total veterans ±1,137 4,542 Male ±1,100 208 Female ±222

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