Alexandria, Virginia demographics

Alexandria, VA demographics: median age 37.7; 66.2% 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, Virginia · Incorporated city · GEOID 5101000. The survey estimates a population of 156,976 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Alexandria is 37.7 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.2 years. There are 76,096 households (±582). 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	37.7 ±0.2	39.0 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 156,976
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Under 18	28,473 ±676	18.1% MOE unavailable	21.7%	22.0%
18–34	40,500 ±506	25.8% MOE unavailable	22.8%	22.8%
35–64	67,655 ±1,297	43.1% MOE unavailable	38.8%	38.0%
65 and older	20,348 ±854	13.0% MOE unavailable	16.7%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 156,976
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Male	76,186 ±74	48.5% MOE unavailable	49.4%	49.5%
Female	80,790 ±74	51.5% MOE unavailable	50.6%	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: 156,976
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
White alone	80,079 ±837	51.0% MOE unavailable	60.2%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	33,474 ±740	21.3% MOE unavailable	18.6%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	1,679 ±560	1.1% MOE unavailable	0.4%	0.9%
Asian alone	10,006 ±478	6.4% MOE unavailable	6.9%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	49 ±45 · low precision	0.0% MOE unavailable	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	8,716 ±1,324	5.6% MOE unavailable	4.4%	7.1%
Two or more races	22,973 ±1,454	14.6% MOE unavailable	9.5%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 156,976
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	128,188 MOE unavailable	81.7% MOE unavailable	89.0%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	28,788 MOE unavailable	18.3% MOE unavailable	11.0%	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: 76,096
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Married-couple family	26,133 ±1,022	34.3% ±1.3 pp	48.7%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	2,707 ±507	3.6% ±0.7 pp	4.6%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	5,924 ±541	7.8% ±0.7 pp	11.6%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	33,789 ±1,065	44.4% ±1.4 pp	28.5%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	7,543 ±625	9.9% ±0.8 pp	6.7%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 76,096
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Households with people under 18	15,672 ±809	20.6% ±1.1 pp	30.2%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	60,424 ±850	79.4% ±0.9 pp	69.8%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 76,096
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	33,789 ±1,065	44.4% ±1.4 pp	28.5%	28.7%
Two-person households	23,646 ±1,173	31.1% ±1.5 pp	34.0%	33.8%
Three-person households	9,022 ±771	11.9% ±1.0 pp	15.7%	15.3%
Four-person households	6,113 ±558	8.0% ±0.7 pp	12.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	2,539 ±393	3.3% ±0.5 pp	5.6%	5.9%
Six-person households	785 ±266	1.0% ±0.3 pp	2.1%	2.2%
Seven or more people	202 ±118 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	1.2%	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: 156,976
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Native	117,867 ±1,814	75.1% MOE unavailable	86.9%	85.9%
Foreign born	39,109 ±1,814	24.9% MOE unavailable	13.1%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 146,717
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
English only	101,046 ±1,739	68.9% ±1.2 pp	82.6%	77.7%
Spanish	20,575 ±855	14.0% ±0.6 pp	7.9%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	2,426 ±612	1.7% ±0.4 pp	0.5%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	740 ±202	0.5% ±0.1 pp	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	1,038 ±360	0.7% ±0.2 pp	0.4%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	4,447 ±491	3.0% ±0.3 pp	2.6%	2.0%
Korean	717 ±198	0.5% ±0.1 pp	0.7%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	587 ±169	0.4% ±0.1 pp	0.7%	1.1%
Vietnamese	262 ±108	0.2% ±0.1 pp	0.6%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	1,056 ±304	0.7% ±0.2 pp	0.6%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	1,456 ±396	1.0% ±0.3 pp	1.2%	1.1%
Arabic	3,167 ±898	2.2% ±0.6 pp	0.8%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	9,200 ±1,290	6.3% ±0.9 pp	1.1%	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: 119,341
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	8,305 ±997	7.0% ±0.8 pp	8.4%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	12,784 ±1,032	10.7% ±0.9 pp	23.9%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	13,637 ±1,040	11.4% ±0.9 pp	17.7%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	5,656 ±697	4.7% ±0.6 pp	7.8%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	37,437 ±1,205	31.4% ±1.0 pp	23.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	41,522 ±1,440	34.8% ±1.2 pp	18.5%	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: 154,552
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Same house	124,776 ±1,993	80.7% ±1.3 pp	86.9%	87.7%
Moved within same county	8,187 ±1,280	5.3% ±0.8 pp	4.6%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	8,468 ±949	5.5% ±0.6 pp	4.7%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	10,573 ±1,149	6.8% ±0.7 pp	3.1%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	2,548 ±807	1.6% ±0.5 pp	0.7%	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

8.8% of Alexandria residents (±0.8 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.9% in Virginia and 8.4% nationally. 94.1% 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	Virginia	U.S.	Compared with Virginia
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	8.8% ±0.8 pp	6.9%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	94.1% ±0.8 pp	91.0%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	8.0% ±0.7 pp	9.4%	6.2%	Lower

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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