# Monroe County, Georgia

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. The county seat is Forsyth. The county was created on May 15, 1821. The county was named for James Monroe. 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 398 square miles (1,030 km$^2$), of which 396 square miles (1,030 km$^2$) is land and 2.2 square miles (5.7 km$^2$) (0.5%) is water. 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).

### Major highways

* Interstate 75
* Interstate 475
* U.S. Route 23
* U.S. Route 41
* U.S. Route 341
* State Route 7
* State Route 18
* State Route 19
* State Route 42
* State Route 74
* State Route 83
* State Route 87
* State Route 401 (unsigned designation for I-75)
* State Route 408 (unsigned designation for I-475)

### Adjacent counties

* Butts County (north)
* Jasper County (northeast)
* Jones County (east)
* Bibb County (southeast)
* Crawford County (south)
* Upson County (southwest)
* Lamar County (west)

## Communities
### Cities

* Culloden
* Forsyth

### Census-designated places

* Bolingbroke
* Juliette
* Smarr

### Unincorporated communities

* Berner
* Blount
* Brent
* High Falls
* Russellville
* Strouds

## Demographics
### 2020 census

Monroe County, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition (NH = Non-Hispanic) 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. :
| Race / Ethnicity | Pop 2000 | Pop 2010 | Pop 2020 | % 2000 | % 2010 | % 2020 |
| 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.

## Politics

United States presidential election results for Monroe County, Georgia :
| Year | Republican | Republican | Democratic | Democratic | Third party(ies) | Third party(ies) |
| Year | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
| 2024 | 12,954 | 73.17% | 4,689 | 26.49% | 61 | 0.34% |
| 2020 | 11,057 | 70.91% | 4,385 | 28.12% | 150 | 0.96% |
| 2016 | 8,832 | 69.61% | 3,571 | 28.15% | 284 | 2.24% |
| 2012 | 8,361 | 68.00% | 3,785 | 30.78% | 149 | 1.21% |
| 2008 | 7,933 | 65.31% | 4,106 | 33.80% | 108 | 0.89% |
| 2004 | 6,522 | 66.59% | 3,216 | 32.84% | 56 | 0.57% |
| 2000 | 4,561 | 60.48% | 2,839 | 37.65% | 141 | 1.87% |
| 1996 | 3,054 | 48.19% | 2,768 | 43.67% | 516 | 8.14% |
| 1992 | 2,423 | 39.28% | 2,774 | 44.97% | 971 | 15.74% |
| 1988 | 2,570 | 56.38% | 1,970 | 43.22% | 18 | 0.39% |
| 1984 | 2,420 | 52.51% | 2,189 | 47.49% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1980 | 1,242 | 32.18% | 2,542 | 65.85% | 76 | 1.97% |
| 1976 | 1,078 | 26.68% | 2,962 | 73.32% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1972 | 2,181 | 73.43% | 789 | 26.57% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1968 | 770 | 23.91% | 1,028 | 31.93% | 1,422 | 44.16% |
| 1964 | 1,665 | 51.33% | 1,578 | 48.64% | 1 | 0.03% |
| 1960 | 581 | 26.14% | 1,642 | 73.86% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1956 | 506 | 24.67% | 1,545 | 75.33% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1952 | 501 | 17.23% | 2,406 | 82.77% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1948 | 169 | 11.90% | 881 | 62.04% | 370 | 26.06% |
| 1944 | 410 | 26.59% | 1,132 | 73.41% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1940 | 49 | 4.58% | 1,014 | 94.86% | 6 | 0.56% |
| 1936 | 147 | 10.27% | 1,277 | 89.24% | 7 | 0.49% |
| 1932 | 45 | 3.61% | 1,200 | 96.31% | 1 | 0.08% |
| 1928 | 329 | 29.12% | 801 | 70.88% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1924 | 64 | 8.34% | 672 | 87.61% | 31 | 4.04% |
| 1920 | 83 | 9.02% | 837 | 90.98% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1916 | 65 | 7.76% | 721 | 86.04% | 52 | 6.21% |
| 1912 | 50 | 6.49% | 702 | 91.17% | 18 | 2.34% |

## Education

All parts of the county are in the Monroe County School District.