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Monroe, LA Metro Area Demographics

Monroe, LA Metro Area is the 207th most populous of 935 metro areas in the United States, with 227,147 residents across 2,838 square miles. That is about 80 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 227,147
Land area 2,838 sq mi
Density 80 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

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Counties in the Monroe, LA Metro Area area

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
Ouachita Parish, LA 160,368 610.3 263
Parish Morehouse 25,629 794.9 32
Parish Union 21,107 877.0 24
Parish Richland 20,043 559.0 36

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