Monroe is a medium-sized city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 36,018 people and 14 associated neighborhoods, Monroe is the 28th largest community in North Carolina.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Monroe is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Monroe is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Monroe who work in office and administrative support (11.89%), sales jobs (11.23%), and management occupations (8.26%). Also of interest is that Monroe has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. The percentage of adults in Monroe who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.84% of the adults in Monroe have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Monroe in 2022 was $28,611, which is middle income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,444 for a family of four. However, Monroe contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Monroe is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Monroe home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Monroe residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Monroe also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.00% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Monroe include Irish, English, German, Italian, and Scots-Irish. Monroe also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.65%. The most common language spoken in Monroe is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Miao/Hmong.
