The population of Monroe county is estimated at 45,967. In 2017 there were 474 births and 539 deaths in Monroe county. Monroe county has 7,574 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 5,732 that are owned free and clear and 4,405 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Monroe County filed 18,780 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.6% of all Tennessee filings and 0.013% of the entire nation. Monroe had a combined total federal tax liability of $127,266,000 on earned income of $864,518,000. Other notable statistics from Monroe County were 610 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,612,000 and 1,940 charitable contributions valued at $11,740,000. 2,110 filings from Monroe County paid a combined total of $4,346,000 in property taxes and 1,770 filings paid $13,205,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Monroe county had 112 religious congregations with an estimated 28,369 members.
11.7% of the Monroe population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 21.8% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 37% of Monroe County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 730 votes.
At $43,749 the median income is 85.2% of the Tennessee average. An estimated 784 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Monroe, the equivalant of around 4.0% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.3%.

Top 15 Industries in Monroe County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
4,333	Manufacturing
2,277	Transportation equipment manufacturing
1,630	Retail trade
1,480	Health care and social assistance
918	Accommodation and food services
827	Food services and drinking places
791	Restaurants and other eating places
597	Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing
524	Limited-service restaurants
436	Ambulatory health care services
415	Transportation and warehousing
331	Food and beverage stores
313	Gasoline stations
303	Grocery stores
295	Gasoline stations with convenience stores

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.31% in Monroe County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 37354, 37874 and 37385).

In 2018 10.93% of listings in Monroe County (averaging across 4 zip codes; 37354, 37885, 37874 and 37385) dropped their price.

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