The Monroe metropolitan area, officially the Monroe metropolitan statistical area, is a metropolitan statistical area in Northern

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that covers three parishes— Ouachita, Union, and Morehouse. According to the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 207,104.

Parishes

* Morehouse * Ouachita * Richland * Union

Communities

Cities

* Monroe (Principal city) * West Monroe (Suburb of Monroe) * Bastrop

Towns

* Bernice * Farmerville * Marion * Richwood * Sterlington

Villages

* Bonita * Collinston *

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* Downsville * Junction City * Lillie * Mer Rouge * Oak Ridge * Spearsville * Truxno

Census-designated places

* Brownsville-Bawcomville * Calhoun * Claiborne * Lakeshore * Swartz

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 170,053 people, 64,073 households, and 44,731 families residing within the MSA. By the publication of the 2020 United States census, its population increased to 207,104. With the publication of the 2020

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, its population decreased to an estimated 202,138. In 2000, the racial and ethnic makeup of Metropolitan Monroe was 65.19%

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, 32.87%

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, 0.22% Native American, 0.59% Asian, 0.03%

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, 0.45% from other races, and 0.65% from two or more races.

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or Latinos of any race were 1.30% of the population; the 2020 American Community Survey's 5-year census estimates program determined its racial and ethnic makeup was 58% White, 38% Black or African American, 1% Asian, 1% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic or Latino of any race. At the 2000 census, the median income for a household in the MSA was $30,544, and the median income for a family was $38,120. Males had a median income of $31,055 versus $22,105 for females. The

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for the MSA was $15,952; in 2020, its median income increased to $43,212 with 23.5% of its population living at or below the poverty line.

References

External links

{{Monroe, Louisiana Geography of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana Geography of Union Parish, Louisiana