2022 population: 235,187 ( 13,142 from 2010 , 5,450 from 2020)
Land area: 4122.2 square miles
Population density: 57.1 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	152,009	64.63%	7.7%
Black:	60,959	25.92%	6.2%
Indian:	2,348	1.00%	0.9%
Asian:	3,184	1.35%	9.9%
2+ races:	5,084	2.16%	12.9%
Hispanic:	11,603	4.93%	32.9%

Total non-White:	83,178	35.37%	0.6%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	7,312	15.2
Deaths:	7,425	15.4
Net Migration:	-5,678	-11.8
Net Immigration:	250	0.5

Change in White population:	-12,646	-5.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	-496	-0.2

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
248,329
164,655	66.31%
64,976	26.17%
2,328	0.94%
2,898	1.17%
4,503	1.81%
8,730	3.52%
83,674	33.69%

2000
239,047
164,548	68.83%
61,465	25.71%
2,170	0.91%
2,149	0.90%
3,039	1.27%
5,467	2.29%
74,499	31.17%

1990
250,202
178,594	71.38%
62,228	24.87%
1,447	0.58%
2,549	1.02%
n/a
5,384	2.15%
71,608	28.62%

1980
246,853
180,750	73.22%
58,860	23.84%
734	0.30%
1,672	0.68%
n/a
4,649	1.88%
66,103	26.78%

1970
223,294
167,625	75.07%
51,418	23.03%
284	0.13%
352	0.16%
n/a
3,219	1.44%
55,669	24.93%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
34,742	14.5
21,816	9.1
-10,548	-4.4
168	0.1

107	0.0
9,175	3.8

Number	Rate
1990's
39,328	15.7
22,850	9.1
-33,014	-13.2
1,246	0.5

-14,046	-5.6
2,891	1.2

Number	Rate
1980's
48,188	19.5
21,866	8.9
-20,691	-8.4
n/a

-2,156	-0.9
5,505	2.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-1,052	-0.5
n/a

13,125	5.9
10,434	4.7

Age, Family & Household Data for Alexandria, LA Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
36.6
58,398	24.8%
176,789	75.2%
37,704	16.0%

87,589
2.60

57,612	65.8%
39,155	68.0%
8,565	14.9%
29,977	34.2%

2010
Number	Percent
35.6
63,960	25.8%
184,369	74.2%
31,706	12.8%

92,494
2.54

64,124	69.3%
44,457	69.3%
8,838	13.8%
28,370	30.7%

2000
Number	Percent
33.8
66,076	27.6%
172,971	72.4%
28,763	12.0%

87,242
2.60

63,063	72.3%
46,769	74.2%
7,819	12.4%
24,179	27.7%

1990
Number	Percent
29.7
73,175	29.2%
177,027	70.8%
27,566	11.0%

84,497
2.78

64,798	76.7%
51,722	79.8%
6,644	10.3%
19,699	23.3%

1980
Number	Percent
27.8
78,023	31.6%
168,830	68.4%
25,517	10.3%

79,924
2.91

63,228	79.1%
52,335	82.8%
5,472	8.7%
16,696	20.9%

2022 Housing Data for Alexandria, LA Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	6,027	6.9%
$10,000 to $14,999	5,798	6.6%
$15,000 to $19,999	4,847	5.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	4,991	5.7%
$25,000 to $29,999	4,820	5.5%
$30,000 to $34,999	4,074	4.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	3,564	4.1%
$40,000 to $44,999	3,377	3.9%
$45,000 to $49,999	3,898	4.5%
$50,000 to $59,999	7,256	8.3%
$60,000 to $74,999	7,727	8.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	9,747	11.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	7,529	8.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	5,006	5.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	4,733	5.4%
$200,000 or more	4,195	4.8%

Median Household Income	53,002
Per Capita Income	28,871

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	79

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	6,635	7.6%
Public Assistance	937	1.1%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	16,065	18.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	83,723	58.6%
Unemployed	5,627	3.9%
In Armed Forces	5,170	3.6%

Total Labor Force	94,520	66.2%
Not in Labor Force	48,243	33.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		37.7%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	31,349	27,158	53.6%
Non-Profit	1,577	3,528	30.9%
Self-Employed	6,431	2,916	68.8%

Local Government	3,678	4,946	42.6%
State Government	2,218	4,426	33.4%
Federal Government	2,987	2,745	52.1%

Total Private + Self	37,780	30,074	55.7%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	10,460	15,645	40.1%
Total	48,240	45,719	51.3%

Pct. Govt.	22.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	10,828	11.5%
Sales and Office Occupations	19,388	20.6%
Professional, Technical	19,512	20.7%
Service Occupations	19,981	21.2%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	912	1.0%
All others	24,397	25.9%

White Collar		52.8%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	16,985	107.0%
Retail trade	10,868	68.4%
Educational services	8,733	55.0%
Construction	7,778	49.0%
Public administration	7,499	47.2%
Accommodation and food services	7,254	45.7%
Manufacturing	5,380	33.9%
Other services	4,257	26.8%
Professional, scientific, technical	3,984	25.1%
Transportation and warehousing	3,933	24.8%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	3,426	21.6%
Wholesale trade	2,603	16.4%
Finance and insurance	2,335	14.7%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	2,068	13.0%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,982	12.5%
Utilities	1,448	9.1%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,427	9.0%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,149	7.2%
Information	967	6.1%
Management	30	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	6,133	2.56%
Puerto Rican	1,543	0.64%
Cuban	397	0.17%
Dominican	112	0.05%

Total Central American	1,107	0.46%
Costa Rican	152	0.06%
Guatemalan	136	0.06%
Honduran	446	0.19%
Nicaraguan	185	0.08%
Panamanian	132	0.06%
Salvadoran	56	0.02%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	177	0.07%
Argentinean	3	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	12	0.01%
Colombian	84	0.04%
Ecuadorian	50	0.02%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	9	0.00%
Other South American	19	0.01%

Other Hispanic	1,827	0.76%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	515	0.21%
Chinese	390	0.16%
Indian	387	0.16%
Vietnamese	339	0.14%
Korean	285	0.12%
Laotian	250	0.10%
Thai	160	0.07%
Japanese	103	0.04%
Cambodian	14	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	210,283	94.1%
Spanish	6,254	2.8%
French, Haitian, Cajun	3,608	1.6%
Other Asian	705	0.3%
Other Indo-European	600	0.3%
Arabic	458	0.2%
Other	305	0.1%
Vietnamese	299	0.1%
German, other Germanic	295	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	29,913	12.5%
French	19,042	7.9%
English	14,327	6.0%
Irish	12,498	5.2%
German	10,096	4.2%
Italian	4,682	2.0%
European	2,170	0.9%
French Canadian	2,040	0.9%
Scottish	2,032	0.8%
Cajun	1,435	0.6%
Scotch-Irish	1,408	0.6%
Belgian	786	0.3%
African	758	0.3%
British	710	0.3%
Norwegian	661	0.3%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	236,375	98.6%
Not a citizen	3,327	1.4%

Native	233,604	97.5%
Foreign-born	6,098	2.5%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
7,474	4.7%	15,874	10.0%	60,627	38.1%	45,022	28.3%	19,777	12.4%	10,314	6.5%
Average years of education: 12.7

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	7,474	4.7%
9-12 Years	15,874	10.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	60,627	38.1%
Some College	45,022	28.3%
Bach. Degree	19,777	12.4%
Grad Degree	10,314	6.5%
Average years of education: 12.7

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	93,937	87,590	6,347	6.8%
1991	93,469	86,180	7,289	7.8%
1992	94,662	87,472	7,190	7.6%
1993	94,671	88,232	6,439	6.8%
1994	96,875	89,374	7,501	7.7%
1995	97,896	91,312	6,584	6.7%
1996	97,560	90,873	6,687	6.9%
1997	96,826	90,664	6,162	6.4%
1998	97,748	92,152	5,596	5.7%
1999	99,481	94,649	4,832	4.9%

2000	97,250	91,783	5,467	5.6%
2001	97,754	91,662	6,092	6.2%
2002	98,252	92,038	6,214	6.3%
2003	98,648	91,928	6,720	6.8%
2004	99,612	93,836	5,776	5.8%
2005	105,325	98,602	6,723	6.4%
2006	106,567	102,420	4,147	3.9%
2007	105,511	100,964	4,547	4.3%
2008	107,502	102,476	5,026	4.7%
2009	106,716	99,553	7,163	6.7%

2010	102,748	95,010	7,738	7.5%
2011	102,780	94,888	7,892	7.7%
2012	101,143	93,979	7,164	7.1%
2013	99,235	92,237	6,998	7.1%
2014	99,563	92,604	6,959	7.0%
2015	99,651	92,794	6,857	6.9%
2016	98,331	91,868	6,463	6.6%
2017	96,401	90,706	5,695	5.9%
2018	95,299	90,030	5,269	5.5%
2019	95,086	90,127	4,959	5.2%

2020	94,168	87,872	6,296	6.7%
2021	94,544	90,313	4,231	4.5%
2022	95,456	92,092	3,364	3.5%
2023	93,571	90,002	3,569	3.8%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	107,356
Median Value	$153,586

Occupied	87,589	81.6%
Vacant	19,767	18.4%

Owned	57,548	65.7%
Rented	30,041	34.3%
Median Rent	$905

Single-Family Units	72,772	67.8%
Detached	70,390	65.6%
Attached	2,382	2.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	6,157	5.7%
Mobile Homes	19,837	18.5%

Alexandria, LA Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Alexandria, LA Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Alexandria, LA Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Alexandria, LA Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Alexandria, LA Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Alexandria, LA Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Alexandria, LA Market Area