2024 population: 451,720 ( 13,903 from 2020)
Land area: 11985.1 square miles
Population density: 37.7 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	262,319	58.07%	4.3%
Black:	158,431	35.07%	3.2%
Indian:	1,701	0.38%	6.9%
Asian:	3,808	0.84%	12.5%
2+ races:	6,286	1.39%	14.3%
Hispanic:	19,175	4.24%	10.0%

Total non-White:	189,401	41.93%	1.2%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	22,102	11.9
Deaths:	27,103	14.6
Net Migration:	-11,941	-6.4
Net Immigration:	2,967	1.6

Change in White population:	-11,679	-2.5
Change in Non-White pop.:	-2,224	-0.5

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
465,623
273,998	58.85%
163,714	35.16%
1,591	0.34%
3,386	0.73%
5,501	1.18%
17,433	3.74%
191,625	41.15%

2010
480,685
292,271	60.80%
169,448	35.25%
1,297	0.27%
3,066	0.64%
4,215	0.88%
10,184	2.12%
188,414	39.20%

2000
486,046
307,890	63.35%
165,814	34.11%
1,071	0.22%
2,185	0.45%
2,735	0.56%
6,178	1.27%
178,156	36.65%

1990
479,325
316,640	66.06%
156,924	32.74%
942	0.20%
1,685	0.35%
n/a
3,134	0.65%
162,685	33.94%

1980
503,214
337,979	67.16%
159,900	31.78%
610	0.12%
769	0.15%
n/a
3,531	0.70%
165,235	32.84%

1970
456,258
298,977	65.53%
154,453	33.85%
201	0.04%
222	0.05%
n/a
2,163	0.47%
157,281	34.47%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
57,558	12.0
48,795	10.2
-29,911	-6.2
2,105	0.4

-18,273	-3.8
3,211	0.7

Number	Rate
2000's
63,083	13.0
47,827	9.8
-29,168	-6.0
1,630	0.3

-15,619	-3.2
10,258	2.1

Number	Rate
1990's
71,860	15.0
52,639	11.0
-16,818	-3.5
989	0.2

-8,750	-1.8
15,471	3.2

Number	Rate
1980's
82,811	16.5
49,878	9.9
-52,096	-10.4
n/a

-21,339	-4.2
-2,550	-0.5

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
92	0.0
n/a

39,002	8.5
7,954	1.7

Age, Family & Household Data for Monroe-El Dorado, LA-AR Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
37.7
107,534	23.8%
344,186	76.2%
79,371	17.6%

170,733
2.57

108,567	63.6%
72,249	66.5%
15,466	14.2%
62,166	36.4%

2010
Number	Percent
36.3
117,946	24.5%
362,739	75.5%
67,084	14.0%

183,209
2.49

124,228	67.8%
81,935	66.0%
18,495	14.9%
58,981	32.2%

2000
Number	Percent
34.3
129,984	26.7%
356,062	73.3%
66,458	13.7%

180,657
2.56

128,072	70.9%
91,684	71.6%
17,339	13.5%
52,585	29.1%

1990
Number	Percent
31.5
139,068	29.0%
340,257	71.0%
65,542	13.7%

170,050
2.72

125,466	73.8%
94,142	75.0%
15,056	12.0%
44,584	26.2%

1980
Number	Percent
28.9
158,385	31.5%
344,829	68.5%
64,553	12.8%

171,035
2.85

130,329	76.2%
104,624	80.3%
12,684	9.7%
40,706	23.8%

2022 Housing Data for Monroe-El Dorado, LA-AR Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	17,352	10.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	13,133	7.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	10,411	6.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	10,778	6.3%
$25,000 to $29,999	9,264	5.4%
$30,000 to $34,999	9,588	5.6%
$35,000 to $39,999	7,619	4.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	6,702	3.9%
$45,000 to $49,999	6,781	4.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	11,251	6.6%
$60,000 to $74,999	15,011	8.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	16,951	9.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	12,068	7.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	7,791	4.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	8,329	4.9%
$200,000 or more	7,704	4.5%

Median Household Income	45,353
Per Capita Income	26,776

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	77

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	13,471	7.9%
Public Assistance	5,763	3.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	33,301	19.5%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	163,569	58.2%
Unemployed	11,381	4.0%
In Armed Forces	251	0.1%

Total Labor Force	175,201	62.3%
Not in Labor Force	105,906	37.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		41.7%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	64,518	56,803	53.2%
Non-Profit	3,438	7,505	31.4%
Self-Employed	11,041	6,258	63.8%

Local Government	5,684	9,183	38.2%
State Government	5,245	8,463	38.3%
Federal Government	1,027	1,609	39.0%

Total Private + Self	75,559	63,061	54.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	15,394	26,760	36.5%
Total	90,953	89,821	50.3%

Pct. Govt.	17.3%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	21,470	11.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	37,235	20.5%
Professional, Technical	39,548	21.8%
Service Occupations	35,794	19.7%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	2,452	1.4%
All others	47,192	26.0%

White Collar		54.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	31,866	17.6%
Retail trade	21,260	11.7%
Educational services	19,375	10.7%
Manufacturing	16,376	9.0%
Construction	12,829	7.1%
Accommodation and food services	10,994	6.1%
Public administration	10,383	5.7%
Other services	8,069	4.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	7,355	4.1%
Finance and insurance	7,193	4.0%
Transportation and warehousing	6,727	3.7%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	5,877	3.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	5,448	3.0%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	3,806	2.1%
Wholesale trade	3,776	2.1%
Information	3,487	1.9%
Utilities	2,081	1.1%
Real estate and rental and leasing	2,080	1.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	2,041	1.1%
Management	216	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	8,549	1.84%
Puerto Rican	455	0.10%
Cuban	369	0.08%
Dominican	137	0.03%

Total Central American	1,019	0.22%
Costa Rican	13	0.00%
Guatemalan	72	0.02%
Honduran	524	0.11%
Nicaraguan	108	0.02%
Panamanian	130	0.03%
Salvadoran	172	0.04%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	623	0.13%
Argentinean	174	0.04%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	261	0.06%
Ecuadorian	51	0.01%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	28	0.01%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	109	0.02%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,960	0.42%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	930	0.20%
Vietnamese	729	0.16%
Chinese	445	0.10%
Filipino	373	0.08%
Korean	193	0.04%
Cambodian	134	0.03%
Mien	83	0.02%
Japanese	66	0.01%
Bangladeshi	54	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	421,507	96.7%
Spanish	8,579	2.0%
Other Indo-European	1,362	0.3%
French, Haitian, Cajun	1,342	0.3%
Arabic	908	0.2%
German, other Germanic	483	0.1%
Vietnamese	457	0.1%
Other Asian	410	0.1%
Chinese	345	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	51,767	11.2%
English	38,844	8.4%
Irish	35,219	7.6%
German	18,941	4.1%
French	11,966	2.6%
Italian	6,453	1.4%
Scottish	5,410	1.2%
Scotch-Irish	3,807	0.8%
European	3,696	0.8%
African	1,877	0.4%
Dutch	1,789	0.4%
Welsh	1,549	0.3%
Polish	1,200	0.3%
French Canadian	1,176	0.3%
British	1,158	0.2%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	459,234	99.0%
Not a citizen	4,852	1.0%

Native	455,275	98.1%
Foreign-born	8,811	1.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
13,777	4.5%	32,751	10.7%	115,220	37.6%	81,676	26.6%	40,690	13.3%	22,659	7.4%
Average years of education: 12.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	13,777	4.5%
9-12 Years	32,751	10.7%
H.S. Grad or GED	115,220	37.6%
Some College	81,676	26.6%
Bach. Degree	40,690	13.3%
Grad Degree	22,659	7.4%
Average years of education: 12.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	203,365	189,636	13,729	6.8%
1991	208,256	191,226	17,030	8.2%
1992	214,004	198,073	15,931	7.4%
1993	211,198	196,572	14,626	6.9%
1994	213,424	197,226	16,198	7.6%
1995	214,168	199,584	14,584	6.8%
1996	214,003	198,430	15,573	7.3%
1997	213,594	197,637	15,957	7.5%
1998	213,151	197,954	15,197	7.1%
1999	214,321	201,636	12,685	5.9%

2000	208,765	196,659	12,106	5.8%
2001	209,877	196,004	13,873	6.6%
2002	211,171	196,683	14,488	6.9%
2003	209,914	193,405	16,509	7.9%
2004	205,448	190,805	14,643	7.1%
2005	208,671	193,605	15,066	7.2%
2006	209,055	198,771	10,284	4.9%
2007	206,481	194,734	11,747	5.7%
2008	207,017	194,813	12,204	5.9%
2009	207,595	188,844	18,751	9.0%

2010	204,579	185,378	19,201	9.4%
2011	202,343	183,445	18,898	9.3%
2012	201,092	183,778	17,314	8.6%
2013	201,278	184,988	16,290	8.1%
2014	201,329	185,700	15,629	7.8%
2015	200,710	185,507	15,203	7.6%
2016	198,082	184,386	13,696	6.9%
2017	195,636	184,088	11,548	5.9%
2018	195,733	184,540	11,193	5.7%
2019	194,823	183,761	11,062	5.7%

2020	191,009	176,624	14,385	7.5%
2021	190,073	179,817	10,256	5.4%
2022	191,058	183,329	7,729	4.0%
2023	189,130	181,054	8,076	4.3%
2024	186,313	176,671	9,642	5.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	211,955
Median Value	$134,025

Occupied	170,733	80.6%
Vacant	41,222	19.4%

Owned	111,436	65.3%
Rented	59,297	34.7%
Median Rent	$778

Single-Family Units	143,500	67.7%
Detached	141,391	66.7%
Attached	2,109	1.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	11,112	5.2%
Mobile Homes	42,430	20.0%

Monroe-El Dorado, LA-AR Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Monroe-El Dorado, LA-AR Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Monroe-El Dorado, LA-AR Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Monroe-El Dorado, LA-AR Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Monroe-El Dorado, LA-AR Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Monroe-El Dorado, LA-AR Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Monroe-El Dorado, LA-AR Market Area