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Monroe-Ruston, LA CSA

270,315 Population
3,309.5 square miles 81.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,341 ±$1,754 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$54,691 ±$4,295 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

23.1% ±2.2% (59,114  ±5,773) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.4 minutes ±1.9 (2,392,265  ±231,283) 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

105,729 ±2,331 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (257,903  ±1,937) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.6% ±2% (3,655  ±1,294) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

123,986 ±1,142 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$183,000 ±$13,474 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.1% ±1.5% (24,377  ±3,918.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.2% ±3.9% (154,136  ±6,977.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
28% ±2.3% (48,435  ±3,937.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

3.8% ±0.3% (9,683  ±872.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

3.1% ±0.9% (8,340  ±2,439) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.9% ±1% (12,261  ±1,975) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
12,261 Total veterans ±1,975 11,579 Male ±1,949 682 Female ±411

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