The population of Monroe county is estimated at 35,908. In 2017 there were 394 births and 416 deaths in Monroe county. Monroe county has 5,789 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 5,161 that are owned free and clear and 3,535 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Monroe County filed 14,740 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.2% of all Mississippi filings and 0.010% of the entire nation. Monroe had a combined total federal tax liability of $90,499,000 on earned income of $634,542,000. Other notable statistics from Monroe County were 520 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,105,000 and 2,180 charitable contributions valued at $15,806,000. 1,910 filings from Monroe County paid a combined total of $3,233,000 in property taxes and 1,580 filings paid $8,372,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Monroe county had 122 religious congregations with an estimated 20,742 members.
16.5% of the Monroe population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 20.1% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 44% of Monroe County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 1,008 votes.
At $40,371 the median income is 92.6% of the Mississippi average. An estimated 801 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Monroe, the equivalant of around 5.2% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.3%.

Top 15 Industries in Monroe County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,356	Manufacturing
1,773	Health care and social assistance
1,213	Retail trade
832	Furniture and related product manufacturing
808	Household and institutional furniture and kitchen cabinet manufacturing
808	Household and institutional furniture manufacturing
808	Upholstered household furniture manufacturing
605	Chemical manufacturing
570	Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
564	Restaurants and other eating places
395	General merchandise stores
395	Other general merchandise stores
391	Limited-service restaurants
243	Finance and insurance
235	Transportation and warehousing

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