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Alexandria, LA

44,566 Population
28.5 square miles 1,565 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 37.9 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$29,624 ±$1,947 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: $30,898 ±$998
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$47,357 ±$4,362 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: $56,492 ±$1,784
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

26.4% ±3.5% (11,374  ±1,522) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 18.6% 26,782 (±1.5% / ±2,093)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

19.8 minutes ±2.4 (338,240  ±45,992) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 24.4 1,433,305 (±1.1 / ±75,310)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

16,914 ±564 Number of households
  • the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 55,855 ±657
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.5 ±0.1 (42,452  ±79) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 2.6 143,445 (±0 / ±150)
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

5.6% ±2.5% (589  ±269) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 6.2% † 2,063 (±1.1% / ±374)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

20,805 ±569 Number of housing units
  • the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 67,375 ±105
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$182,800 ±$10,848 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: $173,600 ±$4,855
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

13.5% ±2.2% (5,940  ±976.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 12.3% 18,274 (±1.1% / ±1,595.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

84.3% ±3.8% (25,360  ±1,255.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 86.5% 87,729 (±2.1% / ±2,141.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
24.2% ±2.3% (7,290  ±718) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 20.9% 21,221 (±1.1% / ±1,085.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

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

4.4% ±1.2% (1,974  ±531) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 3.3% 4,891
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

8.1% ±1.2% (2,733  ±407) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 8% 9,029 (±0.6% / ±697)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
2,733 Total veterans ±407 2,220 Male ±336 513 Female ±180

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