West Monroe, Louisiana Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

West Monroe is 9th in Louisiana out of 107 other cities in Residents 65 or older

West Monroe is 10th in Louisiana out of 61 other cities in Retail sales per capita

West Monroe is 12th in Louisiana out of 107 other cities in Female residents

West Monroe is 15th in Louisiana out of 87 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

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General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	West Monroe	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	13,082	25th	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	7.9	51st	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,644.8	56th	104.9	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	West Monroe	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	7.7%	34th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.7%	81st	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.3%	9th	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	West Monroe	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	86.2%	28th	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	22.6%	31st	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	West Monroe	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	61.9%	56th	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	33.6%	53rd	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	60th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.8%	64th	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	72nd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	52nd	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	51st	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	60.5%	54th	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	West Monroe	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	54.0%	12th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.7%	72nd	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	West Monroe	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	6,320	30th	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	25.4%	25th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	5,405	31st	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	50.5%	95th	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$110,900	72nd	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.3	100th	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	West Monroe	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$22,112	53rd	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$37,011	73rd	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	20.7%	44th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	West Monroe	Rank	Louisiana	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,005	22nd	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$374,652	26th	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$29,032	10th	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$71,847	15th	$9,729,869	$613,795,732

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