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Alexandria, LA

44,060 Population
28.5 square miles 1,547.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 38 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$29,639 ±$1,775 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: $30,953 ±$931
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
$47,113 ±$3,559 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: $56,353 ±$2,086
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408

27% ±3.2% (11,524  ±1,365) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 19.5% 28,004 (±1.3% / ±1,890)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)

17.4 minutes ±1.9 (307,685  ±36,186) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 23.2 1,358,935 (±1 / ±65,773)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)

Families

17,233 ±579 Number of households
  • the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 56,394 ±769
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
2.4 ±0.1 (41,900  ±77) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 2.5 142,678 (±0 / ±179)
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126

7.8% ±2.9% (804  ±299) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 7.4% † 2,426 (±1.5% / ±478)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)

Housing

21,100 ±449 Number of housing units
  • the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 67,684 ±105
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333

$183,700 ±$16,929 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: $175,200 ±$6,147
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367

11.2% ±1.9% (4,862  ±812) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 11% 16,270 (±0.9% / ±1,390.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)

Social

85% ±4.1% (25,289  ±1,315) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 87.2% 87,965 (±2.3% / ±2,336.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
25.3% ±2.4% (7,518  ±716.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 21.9% 22,110 (±1.2% / ±1,180.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.2% ±1% (1,861  ±450) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 2.9% 4,386
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537

6.8% ±1.2% (2,305  ±391) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 7.3% 8,228 (±0.6% / ±663)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
2,305 Total veterans ±391 2,055 Male ±353 250 Female ±139

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