Alexandria, LA

Alexandria is located at 265km northwest of New Orleans. Visit the town's Museum of Art and the River Oaks Square Arts and Crafts Center, where resident artists work in all kinds of media -- quilts, handmade paper, pottery, calligraphy, oils and watercolor. The Arna Bontemps African-American Museum and Cultural Arts Center is located in the house where Bontemps, one of the writers of the Harlem Renaissance, was born.

Population (year 2000): 46,342. Estimated population in July 2005: 45,693 (-1.4% change)
Males: 21,085 (45.5%), Females: 25,257 (54.5%)

Zip codes: 71301, 71302, 71303.

Median resident age: 35.6 years
Median household income: $26,097 (year 2000)
Median house value: $72,200 (year 2000)

Races in Alexandria:

Ancestries: French (6.6%), United States (5.7%), Irish (5.7%), English (5.3%), German (3.5%), Italian (2.1%).

Elevation: 82 feet

Land area: 26.4 square miles

For population 25 years and over in Alexandria

• High school or higher: 72.4%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 19.5%
• Graduate or professional degree: 7.7%
• Unemployed: 8.9%
• Mean travel time to work: 18.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Alexandria city

• Never married: 32.5%
• Now married: 42.4%
• Separated: 3.8%
• Widowed: 9.9%
• Divorced: 11.5%

1.7% Foreign born

Population change in the 1990s: -3,142 (-6.3%).