Monroe–Ruston Combined Statistical Area

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| name = Monroe Metropolitan Area

| official_name = Monroe–Ruston, LA Combined Statistical Area

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| settlement_type = Combined Statistical Area

| image_skyline = Monroe, Louisiana skyline in 2021.png

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| image_caption = Downtown Monroe

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| map_alt = Map of Monroe Metropolitan Area.

| map_caption = Interactive Map of Monroe–Ruston, LA CSA

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = File:Flag of United States.svg United States

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = File:Flag of Louisiana.svg Louisiana

| subdivision_type2 = Principal city

| subdivision_name2 = Monroe

| subdivision_type3 = Other cities

| subdivision_name3 = {{Plainlist| - West Monroe
 - Bastrop
 - Farmerville
 - Ruston

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| timezone = CST

| utc_offset = -6

| timezone_DST = CDT

| utc_offset_DST = -5

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| blank2_name_sec1 = Major State Highways

| blank2_info_sec1 = | blank_name_sec2 = River

| blank_info_sec2 = Ouachita River

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The Monroe–Ruston Combined Statistical Area is made up of five parishes in northern Louisiana. The statistical area consists of the Monroe Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Ruston Micropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the CSA had a population of 251,155.