Editing Monroe, Louisiana (section)

==Economy==
[[File:St. Francis Medical Center Monroe August 2023.jpg|186px|right|thumb|St. Francis Medical Center is located off [[Interstate 20]] in downtown Monroe.]]

===Top employers===
[[File:GGP Pecanland 060616 0106.jpg|right|thumb|186px|[[Pecanland Mall]] south entrance]]

According to the city's 2019 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://monroela.us/sites/default/files/2019%20Audit%20%26%20Comprehensive%20Annual%20Financial%20Report%20%281%29.pdf|title=City of Monroe 2019 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report|page=216|date=December 30, 2023}}</ref> the largest employers in the city are:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of employees
|-
|1
|[[Ouachita Parish School Board]]
|2,844
|-
|2
|[[Lumen Technologies|Lumen Technologies, Inc.]] (formerly CenturyLink)
|2,360
|-
|3
|St. Francis Specialty Hospital
|1,584
|-
|4
|[[Monroe City Schools]]
|1,348
|-
|5
|[[Iasis Healthcare|IASIS Healthcare]] (Glenwood Regional Medical Center)
|1,156
|-
|6
|City of Monroe
|1,105
|-
|7
|[[Chase Bank|JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.]]
|930
|-
|8
|[[Walmart]] (three locations)
|912
|-
|9
|[[University of Louisiana at Monroe]]
|885
|-
|10
|[[Graphic Packaging|Graphic Packaging Holding Company]]
|840
|}

===Shopping===
*[[Pecanland Mall]] has major anchor stores: [[Belk]], [[Dillard's]], and [[JC Penney]]. The largest mall in [[North Louisiana]], it has a total of 83 retail stores.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brookfieldpropertiesretail.com/properties/property-details/pecanland-mall.html|title=Retail Space for Lease in Monroe, LA &#124; Pecanland Mall|website=Brookfieldpropertiesretail.com}}</ref>