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Monroe County
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county in Indiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Indiana
- Founded
- January 14, 1818
- Named after
- James Monroe
- Seat
- Bloomington
- Largest city
- Bloomington
- Total
- 411.32 sq mi (1,065.3 km )
- Land
- 394.51 sq mi (1,021.8 km )
- Water
- 16.81 sq mi (43.5 km ) 4.09%
- Estimate 2025
- 143,345
- Density
- 354.16/sq mi (136.74/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 9th
- Website
- www .co .monroe .in .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- James Monroe
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Indiana
- Contains
- Bloomington
- Capital
- Bloomington
- Population
- 139718
- Area
- 1065
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Jackson County
- Official website
- www.co.monroe.in.us
- Image
- Monroe County Courthouse in Bloomington from southwest.jpg
- Households
- 56399
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- native label
- Monroe County
- Commons category
- Monroe County, Indiana
- topic's main category
- Category:Monroe County, Indiana
- water as percent of area
- 4.09
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Monroe County, Indiana
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Monroe County, Indiana
- inception
- 1818-00-00
- different from
- Monroe County
- per capita income
- 29675
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Monroe County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. In 1910 the US Census Bureau calculated the nation's mean population center to lie in Monroe County. The population was 139,718 at the 2020 United States census. The county seat is Bloomington. Monroe County is part of the Bloomington, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Monroe County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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