Population Estimates by Age in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
Preschool (0 to 4)	6,767	15	5.2%	6.9%
School Age (5 to 17)	16,164	17	12.5%	17.9%
College Age (18 to 24)	32,344	4	25.1%	9.5%
Young Adult (25 to 44)	35,389	12	27.4%	27.0%
Older Adult (45 to 64)	24,999	17	19.4%	25.8%
Older (65 plus)	13,329	17	10.3%	12.8%
Median Age	28.9			Median Age = 36.7

Sources: US Census Bureau; Indiana Business Research Center

Population Estimates by Race or Hispanic Origin in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
American Indian or Alaska Native Alone	360	13	0.3%	0.3%
Asian Alone	5,659	6	4.4%	1.4%
Black Alone	4,369	18	3.4%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pac. Isl. Alone	69	9	0.1%	0.0%
White Alone	116,467	13	90.3%	88.0%
Two or More Race Groups	2,068	8	1.6%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino(can be of any race)
Non-Hispanic or Latino	126,038	13	97.7%	94.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2,954	20	2.3%	5.2%

Source: US Census Bureau

Household Types	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
Households in 2000 (Includes detail not shown below)	46,898	12	100.0%	100.0%
Married With Children	8,212	16	17.5%	23.8%
Married Without Children	11,372	17	24.2%	29.8%
Single Parents	3,165	17	6.7%	9.1%
Living Alone	15,172	7	32.4%	25.9%

Source: US Census Bureau

Housing	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
Total Housing Units in 2008 (estimate)	57,464	11	100.0%	100.0%
Total Housing Units in 2000 (includes vacant units)	50,846	12	100.0%	100.0%
Owner Occupied (Pct. distribution based on all housing units)    Median Value (2000)	25,316 $113,100	17 10	49.8% --	65.9% --
Renter Occupied (Pct. distribution based on all housing units)    Median Rent (2000)	21,582 $560	7 10	42.4% --	26.3% --

Source: US Census Bureau

Education	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
School Enrollment (2006/2007 Total Reported)	15,108	18	1.3%	1,154,826
Public	13,869	19	1.3%	1,045,702
Private	1,239	92	1.1%	109,124
High School Graduates (2006/2007)	891	20	1.4%	63,339
Going on to Higher Education	829	16	1.6%	52,698
4-year	513	20	1.3%	38,566
2-year	253	14	2.6%	9,783
Voc/tech.	63	62	1.4%	4,349
Adults (25+ in 2000 Census)	65,489	16	1.7%	3,893,278
with High School diploma or higher	88.5%	2		82.1%
with B.A. or higher degree	39.6%	2		19.4%

Sources: Indiana Department of Education; US Census Bureau
Notes: 1) Private enrollment includes home schools. 2) County rankings for high-school graduates continuing to higher education are subject to revision.

Income and Poverty	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
Per Capita Personal Income (annual) in 2007	$29,522	42	88.9%	$33,215
Median Household Income in 2007	$39,563	82	83.4%	$47,422
Poverty Rate in 2007	26.0%	1	211.4%	12.3%
Poverty Rate among Children under 18	17.9%	31	104.7%	17.1%
Welfare (TANF) Monthly Average Families in 2008	286	21	0.8%	36,678
Food Stamp Recipients in 2008	7,962	19	1.2%	644,281
Free and Reduced Fee Lunch Recipients in 2009	4,428	22	1.0%	436,945

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis; US Census Bureau; Indiana Family Social Services Administration;
Indiana Department of Education

Health and Vital Statistics in 2005	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
Births	1,309	15	1.5%	87,088
Births to Teens	85	25	0.9%	9,604
Deaths	777	19	1.4%	55,623

Source: Indiana State Department of Health

Labor Force in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
Total Resident Labor Force	69,353	12	2.1%	3,230,367
Employed	66,207	12	2.2%	3,039,795
Unemployed	3,146	15	1.7%	190,572
Unemployment Rate	4.5	86	76.3%	5.9
October 2009 Unemployment Rate	5.9	91	62.8%	9.4

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics; Indiana Department of Workforce Development

Employment and Earnings by Industry in 2007 (NAICS)	Employment	Pct Dist. in County	Earnings ($000)	Pct Dist. In County	Avg. Earnings Per Job
Total by place of work	84,006	100.0%	$2,982,634	100.0%	$35,505
Wage and Salary	72,205	86.0%	$2,195,206	73.6%	$30,402
Farm Proprietors	472	0.6%	$1,615	0.1%	$3,422
Nonfarm Proprietors	11,329	13.5%	$206,561	6.9%	$18,233
Farm	500	0.6%	$2,406	0.1%	$4,812
Nonfarm	83,506	99.4%	$2,980,228	99.9%	$35,689
Private	61,922	73.7%	$2,071,891	69.5%	$33,460
Accommodation, Food Serv.	6,974	8.3%	$105,318	3.5%	$15,102
Arts, Ent., Recreation	1,404	1.7%	$10,753	0.4%	$7,659
Construction	4,271	5.1%	$167,670	5.6%	$39,258
Health Care, Social Serv.	8,885	10.6%	$394,979	13.2%	$44,455
Information	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Manufacturing	7,508	8.9%	$412,815	13.8%	$54,983
Professional, Tech. Serv.	3,550	4.2%	$134,121	4.5%	$37,781
Retail Trade	8,710	10.4%	$185,774	6.2%	$21,329
Trans., Warehousing	1,078	1.3%	$38,339	1.3%	$35,565
Wholesale Trade	1,925	2.3%	$101,602	3.4%	$52,780
Other Private (not above)	15,938*	19.0%*	$427,201*	14.3%*	$26,804*
Government	21,584	25.7%	$908,337	30.5%	$42,084

Source: US Bureau of Economic Analysis
* These totals do not include county data that are not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.

Residential Building Permits in 2008	Units	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State	Cost ($000)	State Cost ($000)
Total Permits Filed	526	100.0%	100.0%	$63,188	$2,470,264
Single Family	277	52.7%	70.8%	$44,039	$2,136,514
Two Family	56	10.6%	1.9%	$5,570	$28,170
Three & Four Family	3	0.6%	1.2%	$194	$18,059
Five families and More	190	36.1%	26.0%	$13,386	$287,521

Source: US Census Bureau (Greene County totals are not included as it does not currently issue building permits.) Note: Detail cost may not sum to total due to rounding.

Commuting Patterns - Top 5 in 2007
Into Monroe FROM	Number	Percent	Out of Monroe TO	Number	Percent
All Areas	15,859	18.8%	All Areas	5,952	8.0%
Lawrence County	3,629	4.3%	Marion County	1,269	1.7%
Greene County	3,443	4.1%	Martin County	1,069	1.4%
Owen County	2,310	2.7%	Lawrence County	661	0.9%
Morgan County	914	1.1%	Owen County	514	0.7%
Brown County	665	0.8%	Morgan County	424	0.6%

Source: Indiana Department of Revenue