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Monroe, LA

47,004 Population
29.7 square miles 1,580.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±1.1 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: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$30,526 ±$2,639 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: $30,966 ±$1,052
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
$40,505 ±$4,242 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: $51,660 ±$1,933
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408

35.9% ±3.4% (15,895  ±1,487) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 24.5% 52,894 (±1.3% / ±2,804)
  • nearly double the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)

18.2 minutes ±1.2 (293,655  ±28,958) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 23.5 2,007,720 (±0.7 / ±72,971)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)

Families

18,335 ±598 Number of households
  • the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 87,006 ±804
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
2.4 ±0.1 (44,180  ±78) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 2.5 216,374 (±0 / ±155)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126

5% ±1.7% (594  ±201) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 5.5% † 2,844 (±0.9% / ±443)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)

Housing

21,574 ±540 Number of housing units
  • the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 102,235 ±87
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333

$198,900 ±$18,694 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: $170,300 ±$4,500
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367

15.2% ±2.3% (7,049  ±1,089.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 10.6% 23,439 (±0.9% / ±1,971.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)

Social

85.6% ±4.3% (25,892  ±1,425.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 87.1% 129,929 (±1.9% / ±2,836.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
32.4% ±2.8% (9,797  ±856.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 24.6% 36,714 (±1% / ±1,430.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)

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

2.5% ±0.7% (1,180  ±335) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 2% 4,408
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537

5% ±1.1% (1,755  ±374) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 6.5% 10,961 (±0.5% / ±903)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
1,755 Total veterans ±374 1,604 Male ±367 151 Female ±108

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