Monroe, Georgia

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The 2000 Census showed that Monroe had a population of 11,407 people^<1>. This represents 0.14% of the total population of Georgia, making it the state's 48th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
45	Union City	W	50 mi [80.5 km]	16,961	45.95% increase
46	Cordele	S	127 mi [204.4 km]	11,518	0.78% decrease
47	Covington	SW	15 mi [24.14 km]	14,980	29.73% increase
-48-	Monroe			13,381	17.31% increase
49	Sugar Hill	NW	27 mi [43.45 km]	17,204	50.93% increase
50	Lilburn	W	25 mi [40.23 km]	11,599	2.58% increase
51	Garden City	SE	188 mi [302.6 km]	9,414	16.61% decrease

Monroe had 4,637 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Monroe has an area^<4> of 10.36 square miles [26.83 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Monroe had a 2000 population density of 1,101 people per square mile [425.2 people/km²], making it the state's 81st most densely populated area.

Walton County

The city of Monroe is located in Walton County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 61,561 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 11,407 people, Monroe contained 18.53% of the Walton County total.

In addition, where the community of Monroe has a population density of 1,101 people per square mile [425.2 people/km²], Walton County averages 187 people per square mile [72.2 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Walton County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Monroe and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Monroe. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Monroe.

A Census Quickfact is available for Walton County (QF-13297).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Walton County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Barrow	QF-13013	N	70,073	50.5% increase
	Gwinnett	QF-13135	NW	789,499	32.39% increase
	Morgan	QF-13211	SE	18,491	19.19% increase
	Newton	QF-13217	SW	98,542	56.7% increase
	Oconee	QF-13219	E	32,221	22.2% increase
	Rockdale	QF-13247	SW	83,222	17.95% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Monroe:

Monroe is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Monroe.

The Commemorative Quarter for Georgia<6>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Monroe. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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