Monroe County, Michigan

administration
The Monroe County Courthouse in Monroe
US state :	Michigan
Administrative headquarters :	Monroe
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 125 E. Second Street Monroe, MI 48161-2115
Foundation :	1817
Made up from:	Wayne County
Area code :	001 734
Demographics
Residents :	152,021 (2010)
Population density :	106.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1761 km²
Water surface :	334 km²
map

Website : www.co.monroe.mi.us

The Monroe County is a county in the State of Michigan of the United States . The county seat is Monroe .

geography

The county is located in the extreme southeast of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, borders Ohio to the south and the confluence of the Detroit River with Lake Erie , one of the Great Lakes , to the east . The Detroit River forms the border with the Canadian province of Ontario . Monroe County has an area of 1761 square kilometers, of which 334 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Washtenaw County		Wayne County
Lenawee County		Essex County (Ontario, Canada)
	Lucas County (Ohio)

history

James Monroe

Monroe County was formed in 1817 from parts of Wayne County. It was named after James Monroe (1758–1831), the fifth President of the USA.

14 structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of January 27, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1810	1340	-
1820	1381	3.1%
1830	3187	130.8%
1840	9922	211.3%
1850	14,698	48.1%
1860	21,593	46.9%
1870	27,483	27.3%
1880	33,624	22.3%
1890	32,337	-3.8%
1900	32,754	1.3%
1910	32,917	0.5%
1920	37,115	12.8%
1930	52,485	41.4%
1940	58,620	11.7%
1950	75,666	29.1%
1960	101.120	33.6%
1970	118,479	17.2%
1980	134,659	13.7%
1990	133,600	-0.8%
2000	145.945	9.2%
2010	152.021	4.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Monroe County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Jefferson Avenue Bridge over the Huron River

The Rudolph Nims House , listed on the NRHP

The Governor Robert McClelland House , listed on the NRHP

According to the 2000 census , Monroe County had 145,945 people. 1,543 of them lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 53,772 households and 39,952 families. The population density was 102 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 95.42 percent white, 1.90 percent African American, 0.28 percent Native American, 0.47 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.62 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.31 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 2.13 percent of the population.

Of the 53,772 households, 36.0 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 60.0 percent were married couples living together, 10.1 percent were single mothers, and 25.7 percent were non-families. 21.7 percent were single households and 8.5 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size 3.14.

27.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 8.1 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 29.8 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 23.5 percent between 45 and 64 years of age, and 11.1 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 98.4 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 95.2 men.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 51,743 , and the median income for a family is $ 59,659. Males had a median income of $ 46,715 versus $ 27,421 for females. The per capita income was $ 22,458. 4.8 percent of families and 7.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.