Monroe, Louisiana[1] | |
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![]() Downtown Monroe | |
Nickname: Twin Cities of Northeast Louisiana (along with West Monroe) | |
Motto: "Oneroe" | |
![]() Location of Monroe in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana | |
Coordinates: 32°30′34″N 92°07′06″W / 32.50944°N 92.11833°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Louisiana |
Parish | Ouachita |
Founded | 1785 |
Incorporated (town) | 1845 |
Incorporated (city) | 1906 |
Named for | the steamboat James Monroe |
Government | |
• Mayor | Friday Ellis (I) |
• City Council | Members List |
Area | |
• City | 32.91 sq mi (85.23 km2) |
• Land | 29.66 sq mi (76.80 km2) |
• Water | 3.25 sq mi (8.42 km2) |
Elevation | 72 ft (22 m) |
Population | |
• City | 47,702 |
• Estimate (2023)[5] | 46,616 |
• Rank | US: 857th LA: 8th |
• Density | 1,608.57/sq mi (621.08/km2) |
• Urban | 119,964 (US: 280th) |
• Metro | 222,695 (US: 212nd) |
Urban area includes Monroe-West Monroe | |
Demonym | Monroyan |
Time zone | UTC–6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC–5 (CDT) |
ZIP codes | 71201, 71202, 71203, 71207, 71209, 71210, 71211, 71212, 71213, 71217 |
Area code | 318 |
FIPS code | 22-51410 |
GNIS feature ID | 2404283[3] |
Sales tax | 10.44%[6] |
Website | monroela.us |
Monroe is the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and parish seat of Ouachita Parish. With a 2020 census-tabulated population of 47,702,[4] it is the principal city of the Monroe metropolitan statistical area, the second-largest metropolitan area in North Louisiana.
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