† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupAlexandriaLouisianaUnited States
African American†54.2%29.3%9.9%
African0.9%0.8%0.5%
American8.7%7.4%5.3%
English4.6%7.3%9.5%
French3.6%9.6%1.6%
Irish3.2%6.6%9.4%
German2.7%6.9%12.5%
Italian1.0%4.3%4.8%
Scottish0.6%1.0%1.3%
Scotch-Irish0.4%——
Mexican2.0%2.1%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.4%1.8%
Cuban0.2%0.3%0.7%
Spaniard0.2%0.2%—
Spanish0.2%0.7%—
Honduran0.2%1.6%0.3%
Asian Indian0.6%0.2%1.4%
Filipino0.6%—0.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Alexandria
Louisiana
United States
Median age
37.6
38
39.1
Age 18–24
9.4%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.1%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Alexandria
Louisiana
United States
Median household income
$47,113
$60,756
$84,427
Poverty rate
27.0%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
25.3%
27.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Alexandria
Louisiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.7%
8.5%
22.3%
Spanish
2.1%
4.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Alexandria
Louisiana
United States
Catholic
—
26.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
25.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
36.8%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Alexandria, Louisiana
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+15.7%
2008
+16.1%
2012
+15.9%
2016
+18.2%
2020
+22.2%
2024
+13.4%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
55.9%Harris9,112
42.5%Trump6,927
1.7%
D+13.4
R+8.8
D+14.9
16,311
D
60.2%Biden11,233
37.9%Trump7,083
1.9%
D+22.2
D+4.0
D+17.8
18,672
D
57.6%Clinton10,897
39.4%Trump7,458
2.9%
D+18.2
D+2.3
D+16.1
18,908
D
57.3%Obama11,738
41.4%Romney8,473
1.3%
D+15.9
R+0.2
D+12.1
20,487
D
57.3%Obama11,626
41.2%McCain8,354
1.5%
D+16.1
D+0.4
D+8.9
20,285
D
57.2%Kerry10,846
41.5%Bush7,870
1.4%
D+15.7
—
D+18.1
18,975
Alexandria anchors central Louisiana as a mid-sized city where a roughly even Black-white demographic split produces competitive local races even as federal contests follow Louisiana's broader Republican lean.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 22.2 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 8.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 13.4 points.
A population of 44,060, a 36% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $47,113 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Monroe and Thomasville.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Alexandria, Louisiana voted Democratic by 13.4 points (D+13.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 16,311 votes cast, 9,112 went Democratic and 6,927 went Republican.
How many people live in Alexandria, Louisiana?
Alexandria, Louisiana has a population of 44,060 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Alexandria, Louisiana?
Median household income in Alexandria, Louisiana is $47,113 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Alexandria, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Alexandria, Louisiana from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
