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Monroe, LA

Monroe, Louisiana
Monroe de Louisiane
City
City of Monroe
Francis Tower
Francis Tower
Official seal of Monroe, Louisiana
Seal
Nickname(s): Twin Cities of Northeast Louisiana
Motto: "One City, One Future"
Monroe, Louisiana is located in Louisiana
Monroe, Louisiana
Monroe, Louisiana
Monroe, Louisiana is located in the US
Monroe, Louisiana
Monroe, Louisiana
Location of Monroe in Louisiana in USA
Coordinates: 32°30′34″N 92°07′06″W / 32.50944°N 92.11833°W / 32.50944; -92.11833Coordinates: 32°30′34″N 92°07′06″W / 32.50944°N 92.11833°W / 32.50944; -92.11833
Country  United States
State  Louisiana
Parish Ouachita
Incorporated (town) 1845
Incorporated (city) 1906
Named for James Monroe
Government
 • Mayor Jamie Mayo (Democrat)
 • City Council
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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