Editing Monroe County, Georgia

{{Short description|County in Georgia, United States}}
{{Distinguish|Monroe, Georgia}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county        = Monroe County
 | state               = Georgia
 | seal                 = 
 | founded              = {{start date and age|1821}}
 | named for  = [[James Monroe]]
 | seat wl             = Forsyth
 | largest city wl     = Forsyth
 | leader_name     = Greg Tapley
 | leader_title         = Commission Chair
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 398
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 396
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 2.2
 | area percentage      = 0.5%
 | census yr            = 2020
 | pop                  = 27957
 | pop_est_as_of        = 2023
 | population_est       = 30625 {{gain}}
 | density_sq_mi        = auto
 | time zone           = Eastern
 | ex image             = Monroe County Georgia Courthosue.jpg
 | ex image cap         = [[Monroe County Courthouse (Forsyth, Georgia)|Monroe County courthouse in Forsyth]]
 | district             = 8th
 | web                  = http://www.monroecountygeorgia.com/ }}
'''Monroe County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the [[Central Georgia|central]] portion of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 27,957.<ref>{{cite web|title=Census - Geography Profile: Monroe County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Monroe_County,_Georgia?g=0500000US13207|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 27, 2022}}</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Forsyth, Georgia|Forsyth]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> The county was created on May 15, 1821.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/m.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030718111032/http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/m.pdf |archive-date=July 18, 2003 |url-status=live| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=150 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> The county was named for [[James Monroe]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Gannett|first=Henry|title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ|year=1905|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n211 212]}}</ref> Monroe County is included in the [[Macon, Georgia|Macon]], GA [[Macon, Georgia metropolitan area|metropolitan statistical area]].

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|398|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|396|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|2.2|sqmi}} (0.5%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> Located on the [[Atlantic Seaboard Fall Line|fall line]], it straddles between the [[Piedmont (United States)|Piedmont]] and [[Atlantic Plain|Atlantic coastal plain]]. The vast majority of Monroe County is located in the Upper [[Ocmulgee River]] sub-basin of the [[Altamaha River]] basin, with just a tiny southwestern corner of the county, west of a line between [[Yatesville, Georgia|Yatesville]] and [[Culloden, Georgia|Culloden]], located in the Upper [[Flint River (Georgia)|Flint River]] sub-basin of the [[ACF River Basin]] (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |title=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience |publisher=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission |access-date=November 20, 2015}}</ref>

===Major highways===
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* [[File:I-75.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 75 in Georgia|Interstate 75]]
* [[File:I-475.svg|24px]] [[Interstate 475 (Georgia)|Interstate 475]]
* [[File:US 23.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 23 in Georgia|U.S. Route 23]]
* [[File:US 41.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 41 in Georgia|U.S. Route 41]]
* [[File:US 341.svg|23px]] [[U.S. Route 341]]
* [[File:Georgia 7.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 7|State Route 7]]
* [[File:Georgia 18.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 18|State Route 18]]
* [[File:Georgia 19.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 19|State Route 19]]
* [[File:Georgia 42.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 42|State Route 42]]
* [[File:Georgia 74.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 74|State Route 74]]
* [[File:Georgia 83.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 83|State Route 83]]
* [[File:Georgia 87.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 87|State Route 87]]
* [[File:Georgia 401.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 401|State Route 401]] (unsigned designation for I-75)
* [[File:Georgia 408.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 408|State Route 408]] (unsigned designation for I-475)
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===Adjacent counties===
*[[Butts County, Georgia|Butts County]] (north)
*[[Jasper County, Georgia|Jasper County]] (northeast)
*[[Jones County, Georgia|Jones County]] (east)
*[[Bibb County, Georgia|Bibb County]] (southeast)
*[[Crawford County, Georgia|Crawford County]] (south)
*[[Upson County, Georgia|Upson County]] (southwest)
*[[Lamar County, Georgia|Lamar County]] (west)

==Communities==
===Cities===
*[[Culloden, Georgia|Culloden]]
*[[Forsyth, Georgia|Forsyth]]

===Census-designated places===
*[[Bolingbroke, Georgia|Bolingbroke]]
*[[Juliette, Georgia|Juliette]]
*[[Smarr, Georgia|Smarr]]

===Unincorporated communities===
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*[[Berner, Georgia|Berner]]
*[[Blount, Georgia|Blount]]
*[[Brent, Georgia|Brent]]
*[[High Falls, Georgia|High Falls]]
*[[Russellville, Georgia|Russellville]]
*[[Strouds, Georgia|Strouds]]
{{div col end}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1830 = 16202
| 1840 = 16275
| 1850 = 16985
| 1860 = 15953
| 1870 = 17213
| 1880 = 18808
| 1890 = 19137
| 1900 = 20682
| 1910 = 20450
| 1920 = 20138
| 1930 = 11606
| 1940 = 10749
| 1950 = 10523
| 1960 = 10495
| 1970 = 10991
| 1980 = 14610
| 1990 = 17113
| 2000 = 21757
| 2010 = 26424
| 2020 = 27957
|estyear=2023
|estimate=30625
|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=March 31, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=}}</ref><br>1790-1880<ref name=1880CensusGACty>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1880 Census Population by Counties 1790-1800 |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-08.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1890-1910<ref name=1910CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1910 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1910|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref><br> 1920-1930<ref name=1930CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1930 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1930-1940<ref name=1940CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1940 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1940|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 1940-1950<ref name=1950CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1950 Census of Population - Georgia - |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1950|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1960-1980<ref name=1980CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia  |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 1980-2000<ref name=2000CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Georgia  |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 2000|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Monroe County, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br> (''NH = Non-Hispanic'')<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Monroe  County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALSF12000.P004?g=050XX00US13207|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Monroe  County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US13207&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Monroe  County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US13207&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|15,150
|19,101
|style='background: #ffffe6; |19,954
|69.63%
|72.29%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |71.37%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|6,015
|6,249
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6,084
|27.65%
|23.65%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |21.76%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|67
|64
|style='background: #ffffe6; |34
|0.31%
|0.24%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.12%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|74
|209
|style='background: #ffffe6; |239
|0.34%
|0.79%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.85%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|6
|4
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.03%
|0.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|6
|14
|style='background: #ffffe6; |86
|0.03%
|0.05%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.31%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|158
|248
|style='background: #ffffe6; |846
|0.73%
|0.94%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.03%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|281
|535
|style='background: #ffffe6; |714
|1.29%
|2.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.55%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''21,757'''
|'''26,424'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''27,957'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 27,957 people, 9,760 households, and 6,179 families residing in the county.

==Politics==
{{PresHead|place=Monroe County, Georgia|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 22, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|12,954|4,689|61|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|11,057|4,385|150|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|8,832|3,571|284|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|8,361|3,785|149|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|7,933|4,106|108|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|6,522|3,216|56|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|4,561|2,839|141|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|3,054|2,768|516|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|2,423|2,774|971|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|2,570|1,970|18|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|2,420|2,189|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|1,242|2,542|76|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|1,078|2,962|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,181|789|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|770|1,028|1,422|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|1,665|1,578|1|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|581|1,642|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|506|1,545|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|501|2,406|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|169|881|370|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|410|1,132|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|49|1,014|6|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|147|1,277|7|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|45|1,200|1|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|329|801|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|64|672|31|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|83|837|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|65|721|52|Georgia}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|50|702|18|Georgia}}

==Education==
All parts of the county are in the [[Monroe County School District (Georgia)|Monroe County School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st13_ga/schooldistrict_maps/c13207_monroe/DC20SD_C13207.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Monroe County, GA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=August 1, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st13_ga/schooldistrict_maps/c13207_monroe/DC20SD_C13207_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|State of Georgia}}

*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Monroe County, Georgia]]
*[[List of counties in Georgia]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Monroe County, Georgia
|North     = [[Butts County, Georgia|Butts County]]
|Northeast = [[Jasper County, Georgia|Jasper County]]
|East      = [[Jones County, Georgia|Jones County]]
|Southeast = [[Bibb County, Georgia|Bibb County]]
|South     = [[Crawford County, Georgia|Crawford County]]
|Southwest = [[Upson County, Georgia|Upson County]]
|West      = [[Lamar County, Georgia|Lamar County]]
|Northwest =
}} 
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{{Macon Metro}}
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[[Category:Macon metropolitan area, Georgia]]