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Monroe
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parish seat of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Louisiana
- Parish
- Ouachita
- Founded
- 1785 (241 years ago) ( 1785 )
- Incorporated town
- 1845 (181 years ago) ( 1845 )
- Incorporated city
- 1906 (120 years ago) ( 1906 )
- Named after
- the steamboat James Monroe
- Mayor
- Friday Ellis ( I )
- City council
- Members List President of the Council: Doug Harvey Clerk: Carolus Riley Dist 1: Doug Harvey Dist 2: Gretchen Ezernack Dist 3: Juanita G. Woods Dist 4: Bishop Rodney McFarland Dist 5: Verbon R. Muhammad City Attorney: Angie Sturdivant
- City
- 32.91 sq mi (85.23 km )
- Land
- 29.65 sq mi (76.80 km )
- Water
- 3.25 sq mi (8.42 km )
- Elevation
- 72 ft (22 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 46,616
- Rank
- US: 857th, LA: 8th
- Density
- 1,608.6/sq mi (621.08/km )
- Urban
- 119,964 (US: 280th )
- Metro
- 222,695 (US: 212th )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Monroe
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Ouachita Parish
- Population
- 47702
- Area
- 8.423374
- Elevation
- 22
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Official website
- monroela.us
- Image
- Monroe, Louisiana skyline in 2021.png
- Households
- 17162
- Dialing code
- 318
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- postal code
- 71201
- topic's main category
- Category:Monroe, Louisiana
- Commons category
- Monroe, Louisiana
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Monroe, Louisiana
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Monroe, Louisiana
- inception
- 1785-00-00
- P8168
- Black Emanuelle
- water as percent of area
- 9.9862
- per capita income
- 22379
Sources (13)
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Encyclopedic overview
Monroe is the ninth-largest city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and is the parish seat and largest city of Ouachita Parish. With a 2020 census-tabulated population of 47,702, it is the principal city of the Monroe metropolitan statistical area, the second-largest metropolitan area in North Louisiana.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Monroe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.