Monroe is a
village in
Orange County,
New York,
United States. The population was 7,780 at the 2000 census. It is part of the
Poughkeepsie–
Newburgh–
Middletown, NY
Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger
New York–
Newark–
Bridgeport, NY-
NJ-
CT-
PA Combined Statistical Area. The community is named not after President
James Monroe but an early 19th-century New York state senator.
The
Village of Monroe is in the northwest part of the
Town of Monroe by
NY Route 17 (soon to be
Interstate 86) and
US 6.
NY 17M is its main street.
Geography
Monroe is located at (41.323786, -74.187969).
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 3.5
square miles (9.0
km²), of which, 3.4 square miles (8.9 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (1.44%) is water.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 7,780 people, 2,569 households, and 2,101 families residing in the village. The
population density was 2,269.7 people per square mile (875.8/km²). There were 2,620 housing units at an average density of 764.3/sq mi (294.9/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 91.03%
White, 2.57%
Black or
African American, 0.40%
Native American, 2.34%
Asian, 0.01%
Pacific Islander, 2.28% from
other races, and 1.38% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 8.73% of the population. 22.9% were of
Irish, 22.4%
Italian, 6.3%
Polish and 6.3%
German ancestry according to
Census 2000. 86.9% spoke
English, 7.1%
Spanish, 2.4%
Ukrainian and 1.2%
Italian as their first language.
There were 2,569 households out of which 44.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.8% were
married couples living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.2% were non-families. 14.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.01 and the average family size was 3.35.
200px|left|thumb|Monroe's village hall, to right of Monroe town hallIn the village the population was spread out with 29.4% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 23.9% from 45 to 64, and 9.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 98.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.7 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $70,809, and the median income for a family was $76,894. Males had a median income of $63,033 versus $33,184 for females. The
per capita income for the village was $25,614. About 4.6% of families and 4.8% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 3.5% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over.
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