|
|
People
Facts |
Monroe |
Louisiana |
|
Population, 2003 estimate
|
52,163 |
4,496,334 |
|
Population, percent change,
April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003
|
-1.8% |
0.6% |
|
Population, 2000
|
53,107 |
4,468,976 |
|
Population, percent change,
1990 to 2000
|
-3.1% |
5.9% |
|
Persons under 5 years old,
percent, 2000
|
7.6% |
7.1% |
|
Persons under 18 years old,
percent, 2000
|
29.7% |
27.3% |
|
Persons 65 years old and
over, percent, 2000
|
12.8% |
11.6% |
|
Female persons, percent, 2000
|
54.3% |
51.6% |
|
White persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
36.8% |
63.9% |
|
Black or African American
persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
61.1% |
32.5% |
|
American Indian and Alaska
Native persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.1% |
0.6% |
|
Asian persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
1.1% |
1.2% |
|
Persons reporting some other
race, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.2% |
0.7% |
|
Persons reporting two or
more races, percent, 2000
|
0.6% |
1.1% |
|
Persons of Hispanic or
Latino origin, percent, 2000
|
1.0% |
2.4% |
|
Living in same house in 1995
and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over
|
54.3% |
59.0% |
|
Foreign born persons,
percent, 2000
|
1.3% |
2.6% |
|
Language other than English
spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
|
3.1% |
9.2% |
|
High school graduates,
percent of persons age 25+, 2000
|
74.1% |
74.8% |
|
Bachelor's degree or higher,
pct of persons age 25+, 2000
|
26.9% |
18.7% |
|
Mean travel time to work
(minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
|
17.7 |
25.7 |
| |
|
Housing units, 2000
|
21,278 |
1,847,181 |
|
Homeownership rate, 2000
|
49.6% |
67.9% |
|
Median value of
owner-occupied housing units, 2000
|
$72,300 |
$85,000 |
| |
|
Households, 2000
|
19,421 |
1,656,053 |
|
Persons per household, 2000
|
2.54 |
2.62 |
|
Median household income,
1999
|
$25,864 |
$32,566 |
|
Per capita money income,
1999
|
$15,933 |
$16,912 |
|
Persons below poverty,
percent, 1999
|
32.3% |
19.6% |
