Monroe County, Georgia

Template:Short description Template:Distinguish Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox U.S. county Monroe County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,957.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The county seat is Forsyth.<ref name="GR6">Template:Cite web</ref> The county was created on May 15, 1821.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The county was named for James Monroe.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Monroe County is included in the Macon, GA metropolitan statistical area.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert (0.5%) is water.<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> Located on the fall line, it straddles between the Piedmont and 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 and Culloden, located in the Upper Flint River sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

**Monroe County, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition**
(*NH = Non-Hispanic*)
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Race / Ethnicity	Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>Template:Cite web</ref>	Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Partial<ref name=2020CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref>	% 2000	% 2010	Template:Partial
White alone (NH)	15,150	19,101	19,954	69.63%	72.29%	71.37%
Black or African American alone (NH)	6,015	6,249	6,084	27.65%	23.65%	21.76%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	67	64	34	0.31%	0.24%	0.12%
Asian alone (NH)	74	209	239	0.34%	0.79%	0.85%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)	6	4	0	0.03%	0.02%	0.00%
Other race alone (NH)	6	14	86	0.03%	0.05%	0.31%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)	158	248	846	0.73%	0.94%	3.03%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	281	535	714	1.29%	2.02%	2.55%
Total	21,757	26,424	27,957	100.00%	100.00%	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.