Who is the Monroe County Clerk of Superior Court?

Lindsey McPipkin Taylor (Republican) is the Clerk of Superior Court of Monroe County, Georgia.

Who is the Monroe County Coroner?

Mark L. Goolsby (Republican) is the Coroner of Monroe County, Georgia.

Who is the Monroe County Sheriff?

William B. "Brad" Freeman, III (Republican) is the Sheriff of Monroe County, Georgia.

Who is the Monroe County Tax Commissioner?

Lori D. Andrews (Republican) is the Tax Commissioner of Monroe County, Georgia.

Who are the Monroe County commissioners?

Alan Gibbs (Commission Chair); Lamarcus Davis (District 1); Eddie Rowland (District 2); John H. Ambrose Sr. (District 3).

Who is on the Monroe County School Board?

Sherrye Battle (Board of Education Member, District 1); Greg Head (Board of Education Member, District 3); Robert E. Jenkins (Board of Education Member, District 5); Eva Bilderback (Board of Education Member, District 7).

What is the population of Monroe County?

About 29,664 people, with a median age of 41.8; the median household income is $83,183 and 12.3% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).

What is the unemployment rate in Monroe County?

3.2% in September 2026 (preliminary): 473 people unemployed in a labor force of 14,752, against 2.9% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).

How many local governments are there in Monroe County?

6 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 2 municipal, 1 school district and 2 special district governments.

Monroe County, GA elected officials: county commissioners, sheriff, school board and cities

Who holds every elected county, school board, city and special-district office in Monroe County: 12 seats on 6 elected bodies. 1 seats were on the November 3, 2026 ballot; they update once the county certifies its results.

Board of Commissioners

Monroe County Board of Commissioners

Office	Who holds it now	Next term
Commission Chair	Alan Gibbs Republican source
County Commissioner, District 1	Lamarcus Davis Independent source
County Commissioner, District 2	Eddie Rowland Republican source
County Commissioner, District 3	John H. Ambrose Sr. Republican source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet

County officers

Office	Who holds it now
Clerk of Superior Court	Lindsey McPipkin Taylor Republican source
Coroner	Mark L. Goolsby Republican source
Sheriff	William B. "Brad" Freeman, III Republican source
Tax Commissioner	Lori D. Andrews Republican source

School Board

Monroe County Board of Education

Each member is elected by the voters of their district.

Office	Who holds it now	Next term
Board of Education Member, District 1	Sherrye Battle source	Re-elected (elected, per the official body)
Board of Education Member, District 3	Greg Head source	Re-elected (elected unopposed)
Board of Education Member, District 5	Robert E. Jenkins source	Re-elected (elected unopposed)
Board of Education Member, District 7	Eva Bilderback source	Re-elected (elected, per the official body)

How many local governments Monroe County has

The Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments counts 6 local governments in Monroe County. This page lists the ones whose offices are elected.

Kind of government	Census count (2022)	Listed on this page
County government	1	1
Cities, towns, villages and townships	2	0
School districts (school boards)	1	1
Special districts (elected boards)	2	0

Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Government Units Listing (census.gov).

About these counts

The Census Bureau counts every independent local government once, in the county it assigns it to: the one it mostly serves or where it's based. A city or district that crosses county lines is counted in only one county, so it may be listed on this page but counted elsewhere, or the other way around. Many special districts, such as housing authorities, have appointed boards, and some places have more than one elected body, so the two columns measure different things. School systems run by a county, city or the state aren't counted as separate governments, though their boards may be listed here; in some states the Bureau counts community or state colleges as school districts. The counts are as of 2022.

Who lives in Monroe County

29,664people

41.8median ageU.S.: 38.9

$83,183 household incomeU.S.: $80,734

12.3%below the U.S.: 12.5%

27%of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degreeU.S.: 35.7%

$271,200median home valueU.S.: $332,700

2.7%unemployed (of the labor force)U.S.: 5.2%

2.1%born outside the U.S.U.S.: 14.1%

6.8%of adults are veteransU.S.: 6.2%

9.4%U.S.: 8.4%

28.5%of renting households pay of income on rentU.S.: 51.1%

21.8%of homeowners with a mortgage pay of income on housing costsU.S.: 28.1%

Race and Hispanic origin: Hispanic or Latino 2.9% · White 71.9% · Black 22.1% · Asian 1.2% · Other or more than one race 1.9% (Hispanic or Latino people can be of any race; the other groups are non-Hispanic.)

Census Bureau, 2020–2024 5-year estimates (data.census.gov).

About these figures

The American Community Survey asks about 3.5 million households a year about who lives there, their work, income, schooling and housing. The 5-year estimates pool 2020–2024 answers so that every county and district has enough of them. They're estimates with a (larger for smaller places), and they're different from the once-a-decade census count. "Median" means half are above and half below. Household income is before taxes and includes everyone in the household. The unemployment share here is the survey's five-year average, so it differs from the monthly rate in the BLS jobs report. Race and Hispanic origin are as people describe themselves.

Health insurance means any coverage, private or public (such as Medicaid or Medicare), when people answered; the share is of everyone except people on active military duty and people living in institutions such as prisons and nursing homes. The housing shares are of renting households, and of homeowners with a mortgage, for whom the Census Bureau can compute them (households with no income, or renters who pay no cash rent, are left out). Rent here is gross rent, rent plus utilities; owner costs include the mortgage, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees.

Jobs in Monroe County

3.2%September 2026, preliminary. A year earlier: 2.9%. Georgia: 3.5%.

473people unemployedSeptember 2026, preliminary.

14,279people employedSeptember 2026, preliminary. Counted where they live, not where they work.

14,752in the September 2026, preliminary.

Yearly average unemployment rate, 2016–2025.

Every month, last two years

Month	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
September 2026 (preliminary)	3.2%	473	14,279	14,752
August 2026	3.1%	459	14,162	14,621
July 2026	2.8%	410	14,181	14,591
June 2026	3.2%	472	14,129	14,601
May 2026	3.0%	435	14,165	14,600
April 2026	2.7%	397	14,147	14,544
March 2026	3.3%	476	14,127	14,603
February 2026	3.4%	491	14,084	14,575
January 2026	3.3%	471	14,011	14,482
December 2025	2.8%	407	14,075	14,482
November 2025	3.2%	461	14,075	14,536
October 2025	not collected (2025 federal shutdown)
September 2025	2.9%	423	14,064	14,487
August 2025	3.2%	463	13,943	14,406
July 2025	3.0%	433	14,045	14,478
June 2025	3.0%	436	13,978	14,414
May 2025	2.8%	409	13,954	14,363
April 2025	2.4%	352	14,058	14,410
March 2025	2.9%	426	14,071	14,497
February 2025	3.1%	448	13,988	14,436
January 2025	3.0%	429	13,971	14,400
December 2024	2.8%	397	13,964	14,361
November 2024	2.9%	413	13,916	14,329
October 2024	2.9%	413	13,939	14,352

Yearly averages

Year	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
2025 (11 months)	2.9%	426	14,020	14,446
2024	3.0%	427	13,962	14,389
2023	2.8%	394	13,751	14,145
2022	2.8%	379	13,373	13,752
2021	3.1%	415	13,169	13,584
2020	5.0%	651	12,454	13,105
2019	3.3%	442	12,830	13,272
2018	3.6%	484	12,815	13,299
2017	4.4%	594	12,787	13,381
2016	5.2%	672	12,344	13,016

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, : BLS publishes county figures only that way, so they rise and fall with the seasons; compare a month with the same month a year earlier rather than with the month before. Georgia's figure above is on the same basis; seasonally adjusted, as in BLS's monthly state release, it was 3.3% in September 2026. The latest month is preliminary and is revised the next month, and BLS revises earlier years each spring. People are counted where they live. October 2025 wasn't collected during the 2025 federal government shutdown, so 2025's yearly average covers 11 months.

Crime reported in Monroe County

86.0 per 100,0002025. Georgia: 296.9.

494.4 per 100,0002025. Georgia: 1,409.3.

1murders2025, 28 violent crimes in all.

Earlier years

Year	Violent	Rate	Property	Rate
2025	28	86.0	161	494.4
2024	21	65.8	152	476.6
2023	14	46.0	114	374.8
2018	33	120.5	496	1,811.7
2017	53	191.6	556	2,010.1
2016	38	138.8	490	1,789.6

By police agency (2)

Agency	Year	Violent	Property	People served
Monroe County Sheriff's Office	2023	10	32	25,356
Forsyth Police Department	2025	19	72	5,024

Crimes to the county's city and county police agencies (FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Return A), per 100,000 people they serve. Years with incomplete reporting are left out. Crime in Georgia · the U.S.

Police staffing

3.09 per 1,000 residents2025, 2 agencies serving 32,355 people.

100sworn officers2025, full-time, as of October 31.

53civilian staff2025, full-time.

Agencies counted (2), 2025

Agency	Officers	Civilians	People served
Monroe County Sheriff's Office	79	51	27,331
Forsyth Police Department	21	2	5,024

Earlier years

Year	Officers	Per 1,000	Civilians	Agencies
2025	100	3.09	53	2
2024	86	2.72	46	2
2023	82	2.72	45	2
2022	83	2.81	46	2
2021	86	3.05	47	2
2020	96	3.47	49	2
2018	67	2.46	42	2
2017	65	2.37	45	2

Full-time employees of the county's city police departments and sheriff's office, as each reported them to the FBI (Uniform Crime Reporting, Law Enforcement Employees), per 1,000 people in the areas those agencies serve (the FBI's population figures). A year is shown only when every one of these agencies sent a count; a count under half or over double the agency's own counts in nearby years is treated as not sent. Towns policed under contract by another agency are counted through that agency. State police, campus and other agencies aren't included. Sheriffs' offices often also run the county jail and courthouse security, so their staff counts include those jobs.

Quick answers

Who is the Monroe County Clerk of Superior Court?: Lindsey McPipkin Taylor (Republican) is the Clerk of Superior Court of Monroe County, Georgia.
Who is the Monroe County Coroner?: Mark L. Goolsby (Republican) is the Coroner of Monroe County, Georgia.
Who is the Monroe County Sheriff?: William B. "Brad" Freeman, III (Republican) is the Sheriff of Monroe County, Georgia.
Who is the Monroe County Tax Commissioner?: Lori D. Andrews (Republican) is the Tax Commissioner of Monroe County, Georgia.
Who are the Monroe County commissioners?: Alan Gibbs (Commission Chair); Lamarcus Davis (District 1); Eddie Rowland (District 2); John H. Ambrose Sr. (District 3).
Who is on the Monroe County School Board?: Sherrye Battle (Board of Education Member, District 1); Greg Head (Board of Education Member, District 3); Robert E. Jenkins (Board of Education Member, District 5); Eva Bilderback (Board of Education Member, District 7).
What is the population of Monroe County?: About 29,664 people, with a median age of 41.8; the median household income is $83,183 and 12.3% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).
What is the unemployment rate in Monroe County?: 3.2% in September 2026 (preliminary): 473 people unemployed in a labor force of 14,752, against 2.9% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
How many local governments are there in Monroe County?: 6 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 2 municipal, 1 school district and 2 special district governments.

Officeholders as of November 6, 2026, from the Georgia Secretary of State's official results of each seat's last election (the November 2024 general, or a special election since), and for seats up in 2026 whose 2022 result the SOS site doesn't carry, the incumbent the SOS marks on that seat's 2026 primary, nonpartisan or November contest; officials appointed since then may differ; each name links to its source. Officials change between elections (appointments, resignations), and the body's own website is the authority. Party is shown only for offices elected on a partisan ballot.

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