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Monroe, LA

47,631 Population
29.7 square miles 1,602 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 37.6 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$25,882 ±$1,850 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: $28,677 ±$1,144
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $32,981 ±$265
$36,550 ±$3,296 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: $47,351 ±$1,795
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $57,852 ±$468

35.1% ±3.6% (15,545  ±1,573) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 24.5% 48,624 (±1.2% / ±2,365)
  • nearly double the rate in Louisiana: 18.7% 842,038 (±0.3% / ±13,427)

17.6 minutes ±1.4 (290,350  ±29,367) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 23.6 1,883,160 (±0.8 / ±77,768)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Louisiana: 26 48,590,976 (±0.2 / ±384,117)

Families

17,936 ±676 Number of households
  • the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 77,241 ±898
  • Louisiana: 1,765,264 ±5,601
2.5 ±0.1 (44,208  ±101) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 2.6 198,843 (±0 / ±198)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 2.6 4,516,413

5.3% ±1.7% (614  ±194) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 4.9% † 2,347 (±0.8% / ±386)
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,415 (±0.2% / ±2,599)

Housing

20,930 ±591 Number of housing units
  • the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 92,549 ±104
  • Louisiana: 2,080,371 ±430

$158,200 ±$16,935 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: $158,100 ±$4,547
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $198,300 ±$1,310

14.8% ±1.9% (6,971  ±,912.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 11% 22,276 (±0.8% / ±1,622.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 12.1% 554,115 (±0.2% / ±11,044.8)

Social

85% ±4.1% (25,311  ±1,404.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 86.9% 118,962 (±2.1% / ±2,901.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 86.7% 2,706,792 (±0.5% / ±14,010.4)
26.9% ±2.3% (8,014  ±,713.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 23.3% 31,848 (±1.1% / ±1,466.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 26.1% 815,569 (±0.3% / ±8,004.1)

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

2.1% ±0.6% (978  ±269) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 1.8% 3,741
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 4.2% 196,671

6.3% ±1.1% (2,245  ±400) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 6.6% 10,312 (±0.6% / ±858)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 6.5% 228,359 (±0.1% / ±3,332)
2,245 Total veterans ±400 1,978 Male ±386 267 Female ±116

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