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Alexandria, LA Metro Area

148,008 Population
1,967.9 square miles 75.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$31,950 ±$1,908 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$55,909 ±$4,241 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

19.2% ±3.5% (27,356  ±4,993) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23.2 minutes ±1 (1,358,935  ±65,773) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

58,271 ±1,844 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (142,129  ±422) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7.7% ±2.7% (2,485  ±879) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

68,375 ±171 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$165,800 ±$12,612 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

7.8% ±1.5% (11,415  ±2,200.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

87.9% ±4.6% (88,553  ±4,713.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
24.1% ±2.5% (24,238  ±2,509.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

3.2% (4,764  ±1,207) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.5% ±1.3% (7,211  ±1,421) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
7,211 Total veterans ±1,421 6,368 Male ±1,153 843 Female ±586

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