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Monroe, LA Metro Area

222,341 Population
2,837.8 square miles 78.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$29,807 ±$2,289 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$50,286 ±$2,969 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

22.9% ±2.4% (49,131  ±5,080) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

23.6 minutes ±0.8 (1,883,160  ±77,768) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

87,927 ±1,628 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0.1 (215,050  ±2,061) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

6.5% ±2% (3,384  ±1,041) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

102,640 ±1,029 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$175,700 ±$11,314 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

12.7% ±2.4% (27,987  ±5,356) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

87.6% ±3.9% (130,931  ±6,068.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
26.9% ±2.3% (40,265  ±3,505.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

1.9% ±0.5% (4,204  ±1,017) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

6.8% ±1.1% (11,472  ±1,886) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
11,472 Total veterans ±1,886 10,639 Male ±1,684 833 Female ±673

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