The population of Monroe county is estimated at 26,879. In 2017 there were 261 births and 312 deaths in Monroe county. Monroe county has 5,138 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,356 that are owned free and clear and 2,168 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Monroe County filed 11,450 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all Georgia filings and 0.008% of the entire nation. Monroe had a combined total federal tax liability of $109,614,000 on earned income of $725,881,000. Other notable statistics from Monroe County were 230 unemployment claims which collected a total of $587,000 and 3,520 charitable contributions valued at $26,763,000. 3,410 filings from Monroe County paid a combined total of $9,028,000 in property taxes and 2,940 filings paid $21,716,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Monroe county had 53 religious congregations with an estimated 9,706 members.
22.7% of the Monroe population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 15.8% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 47% of Monroe County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 416 votes.
At $57,038 the median income is 101.6% of the Georgia average. An estimated 598 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Monroe, the equivalant of around 4.5% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.2%.

Top 15 Industries in Monroe County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
3,173	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
783	Retail trade
590	Accommodation and food services
489	Manufacturing
469	Transportation and warehousing
462	Food services and drinking places
348	Ambulatory health care services
315	Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
279	Truck transportation
243	Limited-service restaurants
212	Full-service restaurants
198	Wholesale trade
176	Professional, scientific, and technical services
176	Used household and office goods moving
138	Finance and insurance

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.28% in Monroe County.

In 2018 18.75% of listings in Monroe County.

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