Editing Monroe County, Indiana (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1820= 2679
|1830= 6577
|1840= 10143
|1850= 11286
|1860= 12847
|1870= 14168
|1880= 15875
|1890= 17673
|1900= 20873
|1910= 23426
|1920= 24519
|1930= 35974
|1940= 36534
|1950= 50080
|1960= 59225
|1970= 84849
|1980= 98785
|1990= 108978
|2000= 120563
|2010= 137974
|2020= 139718
|estyear=2023
|estimate=139342
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 2, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=US Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=US Decennial Census|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=July 10, 2014}}</ref><br>1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=July 10, 2014}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/in190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=July 10, 2014}}</ref><br>1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=July 10, 2014}}</ref> 2010<ref name=QF>{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/18/18105.html|title=Monroe County QuickFacts|access-date=September 25, 2011|publisher=US Census Bureau|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723224806/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/18/18105.html|archive-date=July 23, 2011}}</ref>
}}

As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 139,718 people and 56,399 households with an average of 2.34 persons per household in the county. The population density was {{convert|354.1|PD/sqmi}}. As of July 1, 2021, there were 64,362 housing units of which 55.2% were owner-occupied. The racial makeup of the county was 86.0% white, 6.9% Asian, 3.9% black or African American, 0.3% American Indian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 2.8% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 3.8% of the population.<ref name=DP>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/monroecountyindiana/PST045221|title=QuickFacts Monroe County, Indiana|access-date=November 9, 2022|publisher=US Census Bureau}}</ref>

According to the [[American Community Survey]], as of 2021, there were 56,714 households with the average household size of 2.18 persons. Out of those 27,340 households were families with the average family size of 2.87 persons, 22.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them. A total of 37.3% of all households were householders living alone.<ref name=ACS>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Monroe%20County,%20Indiana&t=Families%20and%20Living%20Arrangements%3AMarital%20Status%20and%20Marital%20History%3ASame%20Sex%20Couples&tid=ACSST1Y2021.S1101|title=2021 American Community Survey|access-date=November 9, 2022|publisher=US Census Bureau}}</ref>

The median income for a household in the county was $51,945 (in 2021 USD) and the per capita income was $30,609. Males had a median income of $52,263 versus $47,953 for females.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=selected%20economic%20characteristics&g=0500000US18105&tid=ACSDP1Y2021.DP03|title=2021 SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS

|access-date=November 9, 2022|publisher=US Census Bureau}}</ref>

About 10.6% of families and 22.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.7% of those under age 18 and 6.2% of those age 65 or over.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=poverty&g=0500000US18105&tid=ACSST1Y2021.S1702|title=POVERTY STATUS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS OF FAMILIES
|access-date=November 9, 2022|publisher=US Census Bureau}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=poverty&g=0500000US18105&tid=ACSST1Y2021.S1701|title=POVERTY STATUS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS|access-date=November 9, 2022|publisher=US Census Bureau}}</ref>