Alexandria is a medium-sized city located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 43,466 people and 18 associated neighborhoods, Alexandria is the tenth largest community in Louisiana.Alexandria is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Alexandria is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Alexandria who work in office and administrative support (9.64%), food service (9.33%), and management occupations (9.15%). Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.96 minutes getting to work every day.The percentage of people in Alexandria who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.19% of adults in Alexandria have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Alexandria in 2022 was $30,457, which is upper middle income relative to Louisiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $121,828 for a family of four. However, Alexandria contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Alexandria is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Alexandria home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Alexandria residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Alexandria include English, French, Irish, German, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Alexandria is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.
