Monroe, LA
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| Nickname(s): Twin Cities of Northeast Louisiana | ||
| Motto: "One City, One Future" | ||
 Monroe, Louisiana
Monroe, Louisiana
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| Coordinates: 32°30′34″N 92°07′06″W / 32.50944°N 92.11833°WCoordinates: 32°30′34″N 92°07′06″W / 32.50944°N 92.11833°W | ||
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 Louisiana
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| Parish | Ouachita | |
| Incorporated (town) | 1845 | |
| Incorporated (city) | 1906 | |
| Named for | James Monroe | |
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| • Mayor | Jamie Mayo (Democrat) | |
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| Elevation | 72 ft (22 m) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • Estimate (2014) | 51,236 | |
| • Urban | 62,238 | |
| • Metro | 170,053 | |
| Urban area includes Monroe-West Monroe | ||
| Demonym(s) | Monroeian | |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CST (UTC-5) | |
| ZIP Codes | 71201, 71202, 71203, 71207, 71208, 71209, 71210, 71211, 71212, 71213 | |
| Area Code | 318 | |
| Website | City of Monroe | |
Monroe (historically French: Poste-du-Ouachita) is the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. it is the parish seat of Ouachita Parish. In the official 2010 census, Monroe had a population of 48,815. The municipal population declined by 8.1 percent over the past decade; it was 53,107 in the 2000 census. After a recheck in 2012, the Census Bureau changed the 2010 population from 48,815 to 49,147. Mayor Jamie Mayo, however, maintains that the Monroe population is more than 50,000 and indicated that he will pursue a continued challenge to the count.
Monroe is the principal city of the Monroe Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes the parishes of Ouachita and Union. The two-parish area had a total population of 170,053 in 2000 and an estimated population of 172,275 as of July 1, 2007. The larger Monroe-Bastrop Combined Statistical Area is composed of both the Monroe Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Bastrop Micropolitan Statistical Area. The CSA had a population of 201,074 in 2000.
Monroe and the neighboring city of West Monroe (pop. 13,250), located just across the Ouachita River, are often referred to as the Twin Cities of northeast Louisiana.
The settlement formerly known as Fort Miro adopted the name Monroe, during the first half of the 19th century, in recognition of the steam-powered paddle-wheeler James Monroe. The arrival of the ship had a profound effect on the settlers; it was the single event, in the minds of local residents, that transformed the outpost into a town. The ship is depicted in a mural at the main branch of the Monroe Library on North 18th Street. Therefore, credit is indirectly given to James Monroe of Virginia, the fifth President of the United States, for whom the ship was named.
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