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Monroe, LA Metro Area

222,072 Population
2,837.8 square miles 78.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,748 ±$2,011 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$56,468 ±$4,674 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

22.2% ±2.6% (47,050  ±5,511) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23.1 minutes ±2.1 (2,080,375  ±218,279) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

87,264 ±2,208 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (214,720  ±1,924) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.7% ±1.9% (2,940  ±985) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

102,861 ±1,137 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$176,900 ±$13,695 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.1% ±1.6% (19,986  ±3,577.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

88.1% ±4.2% (128,533  ±6,350.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
25.7% ±2.4% (37,576  ±3,471.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds 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

2.8% ±0.9% (6,262  ±2,061) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.1% ±1.1% (10,226  ±1,772) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
10,226 Total veterans ±1,772 9,612 Male ±1,721 614 Female ±394

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