Monroe, Louisiana

Monroe population, 2020 to 2024

Monroe lost 998 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.1%. In the latest year it moved by -48. Among 59 Louisiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 24th; the median place changed by -2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Louisiana has 11,686 people, so Monroe is 4.0 times that size.

Monroe covers 29.73 square miles of land and 3.25 of water, for 1,568 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Monroe is close to the typical town.

What county Monroe is in

All of Monroe's residents live in Ouachita Parish, which had 157,874 residents in 2024. Monroe holds 29.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Monroe

5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Monroe by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 71201, 71202, 71203, 71209, 71212. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Monroe is

The Census internal point of Monroe is at 32.519000, -92.077200. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 151.8 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bossier City, LA (63,218 people), 92.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Shreveport, LA, 100.0 miles away.

Daylight in Monroe

At 32.52° N, Monroe gets about 14 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Monroe

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is West Monroe, 4.3 miles away, with 12,476 people.