Alexandria, Louisiana demographics

Alexandria, LA demographics: median age 37.6; 25.3% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Alexandria city, Louisiana · Incorporated city · GEOID 2200975. The survey estimates a population of 44,060 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Alexandria is 37.6 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.3 years. There are 17,233 households (±579). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	37.6 ±1.3	38.0 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 44,060
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Louisiana	U.S.
Under 18	10,186 ±765	23.1% ±1.7 pp	23.5%	22.0%
18–34	10,182 ±745	23.1% ±1.7 pp	22.4%	22.8%
35–64	16,161 ±945	36.7% ±2.1 pp	37.4%	38.0%
65 and older	7,531 ±631	17.1% ±1.4 pp	16.7%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 44,060
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Louisiana	U.S.
Male	20,626 ±624	46.8% ±1.4 pp	48.9%	49.5%
Female	23,434 ±630	53.2% ±1.4 pp	51.1%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 44,060
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Louisiana	U.S.
White alone	16,126 ±944	36.6% ±2.1 pp	56.9%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	24,368 ±1,034	55.3% ±2.3 pp	30.7%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	89 ±63 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.9%
Asian alone	961 ±320	2.2% ±0.7 pp	1.7%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0 ±30 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	487 ±324 · low precision	1.1% ±0.7 pp · low precision	2.5%	7.1%
Two or more races	2,029 ±470	4.6% ±1.1 pp	7.4%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 44,060
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Louisiana	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	42,547 ±448	96.6% ±1.0 pp	92.8%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1,513 ±445	3.4% ±1.0 pp	7.2%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 17,233
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Louisiana	U.S.
Married-couple family	5,325 ±437	30.9% ±2.3 pp	41.8%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	1,005 ±246	5.8% ±1.4 pp	5.3%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	4,079 ±482	23.7% ±2.7 pp	15.5%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	6,034 ±625	35.0% ±3.4 pp	31.6%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	790 ±224	4.6% ±1.3 pp	5.7%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 17,233
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Louisiana	U.S.
Households with people under 18	5,284 ±503	30.7% ±2.7 pp	30.3%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	11,949 ±761	69.3% ±3.8 pp	69.7%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 17,233
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Louisiana	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	6,034 ±625	35.0% ±3.4 pp	31.6%	28.7%
Two-person households	5,796 ±594	33.6% ±3.3 pp	32.7%	33.8%
Three-person households	2,785 ±442	16.2% ±2.5 pp	15.8%	15.3%
Four-person households	1,461 ±310	8.5% ±1.8 pp	11.6%	12.6%
Five-person households	769 ±232	4.5% ±1.3 pp	5.5%	5.9%
Six-person households	265 ±126	1.5% ±0.7 pp	1.8%	2.2%
Seven or more people	123 ±99 · low precision	0.7% ±0.6 pp · low precision	1.0%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 44,060
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Louisiana	U.S.
Native	42,199 ±450	95.8% ±1.0 pp	95.1%	85.9%
Foreign born	1,861 ±450	4.2% ±1.0 pp	4.9%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 41,314
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Louisiana	U.S.
English only	38,961 ±606	94.3% ±1.2 pp	91.5%	77.7%
Spanish	860 ±343	2.1% ±0.8 pp	4.7%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	234 ±122 · low precision	0.6% ±0.3 pp · low precision	1.5%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	71 ±75 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	0 ±30 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	308 ±212 · low precision	0.7% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.5%	2.0%
Korean	0 ±30 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	60 ±99 · low precision	0.1% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.2%	1.1%
Vietnamese	123 ±108 · low precision	0.3% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.5%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	199 ±273 · low precision	0.5% ±0.7 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	194 ±160 · low precision	0.5% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.2%	1.1%
Arabic	225 ±226 · low precision	0.5% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	79 ±69 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 29,750
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Louisiana	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	4,461 ±583	15.0% ±1.9 pp	12.7%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	10,040 ±1,020	33.7% ±3.4 pp	32.5%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	5,911 ±664	19.9% ±2.2 pp	20.4%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	1,820 ±413	6.1% ±1.4 pp	7.3%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	4,129 ±517	13.9% ±1.7 pp	17.0%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3,389 ±503	11.4% ±1.7 pp	10.1%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 43,488
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Louisiana	U.S.
Same house	38,626 ±789	88.8% ±1.7 pp	88.6%	87.7%
Moved within same county	2,966 ±678	6.8% ±1.6 pp	6.2%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	1,306 ±388	3.0% ±0.9 pp	3.1%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	502 ±212	1.2% ±0.5 pp	1.6%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	88 ±65 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

8.1% of Alexandria residents (±1.3 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 7.8% in Louisiana and 8.4% nationally. 87.9% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Alexandria	Louisiana	U.S.	Compared with Louisiana
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	8.1% ±1.3 pp	7.8%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	87.9% ±1.8 pp	86.6%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	6.8% ±1.2 pp	6.1%	6.2%	Not statistically different

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Alexandria . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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