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Alexandria city, VA Demographics

Alexandria city, VA is the 12th most populous of 133 counties in Virginia, with 159,467 residents across 15 square miles. That is about 10,677 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 159,467
Land area 15 sq mi
Density 10,677 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

How Alexandria city compares to the US

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Central Location: Alexandria city, VA

Measured from the county's main population center using 2020 census blocks.

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Census tracts in Alexandria city, VA

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
Census Tract 2004.09 6,318 0.3 25,183
Census Tract 2001.09 5,794 0.3 17,387
Census Tract 2012.06 5,710 0.2 30,005
Census Tract 2009 5,078 0.8 6,083
Census Tract 2001.02 5,043 0.4 11,645
Census Tract 2004.06 4,949 0.2 21,613
Census Tract 2006 4,731 0.7 6,809
Census Tract 2005 4,650 0.2 19,061
Census Tract 2003.02 4,452 0.6 7,770
Census Tract 2014 4,158 0.4 10,628
Census Tract 2001.04 4,095 0.3 11,919
Census Tract 2001.05 4,065 0.1 56,347
Census Tract 2013 4,004 0.5 8,835
Census Tract 2004.07 3,921 0.1 37,427
Census Tract 2001.11 3,909 0.1 27,133
Census Tract 2015 3,835 0.5 8,116
Census Tract 2018.04 3,710 0.4 8,582
Census Tract 2004.04 3,694 0.2 15,977
Census Tract 2002.01 3,505 0.8 4,167
Census Tract 2007.03 3,494 0.4 7,908
Census Tract 2012.02 3,429 0.2 17,207
Census Tract 2001.06 3,392 0.3 10,615
Census Tract 2011 3,388 0.4 8,156
Census Tract 2018.05 3,383 0.3 11,256
Census Tract 2016.01 3,347 0.2 16,409
Census Tract 2003.01 3,333 0.2 16,856
Census Tract 2016.02 3,220 0.1 28,255
Census Tract 2008.02 2,991 0.4 7,880
Census Tract 2007.04 2,906 0.3 9,477
Census Tract 2012.04 2,878 0.2 15,550
Census Tract 2010 2,831 0.3 9,729
Census Tract 2003.04 2,825 0.2 15,127
Census Tract 2004.08 2,713 0.2 12,062
Census Tract 2008.01 2,701 0.7 3,766
Census Tract 2001.10 2,614 0.1 25,305
Census Tract 2007.05 2,597 0.1 20,349
Census Tract 2012.05 2,568 0.2 13,138
Census Tract 2020.02 2,430 0.2 10,173
Census Tract 2003.05 2,426 0.1 19,463
Census Tract 2018.03 2,393 0.1 16,125
Census Tract 2020.01 2,379 0.2 12,455
Census Tract 2018.02 2,084 0.1 13,897
Census Tract 2019 1,798 0.3 6,736
Census Tract 2002.02 1,698 0.6 3,087
Census Tract 2001.08 1,667 0.1 17,462
Census Tract 2004.03 1,410 0.5 3,039
Census Tract 2007.01 951 0.3 3,005
Census Tract 9800 0 0.2 0

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