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Alexandria, LA MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 2,222
  equals Births 10,190
  less Deaths 7,968
Net Migration -1,760
  equals net International Migration 700
  plus net Domestic Migration -2,460

The population of the Alexandria, LA MSA changed from 154,131 on 2010 to 154,484 in 2015 -- a change of 353 (0.23%). This report provides a summary of how and why the population has changed during this period and what these factors suggest about future change.

Primary Contributing Factors to Change
The primary contributing factors resulting in population change are 1) natural change (births less deaths) and/or 2) net migration. Eight tables are presented below providing annual data for each component county of the metro and metro summary. The tables provide data on the total population, births, deaths, natural change (births less deaths), international migration, domestic migration and net migration.

From 2010 to 2015 (7/1/2010-6/30/2015), natural change (2,222) exceeded net migration (-1,760); natural change has been the primary contributing factor for the total metro population change. Examine the metro by county tables below to learn about how each county contributes to the metro population growth or decline.

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Related Sections
  • Alexandria, LA MSA S&O Report
  • State of the States -- all states interactive table
  • Metro S&O Reports -- all metros interactive table
  • CountyTrends 2010-2015 -- all counties interactive table
  • CountyTrends -- multi-sourced county data
  • Regional Data Analytics Main

Table 1. Population          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg 10-15%Chg 10-15
Grant Parish, LA22043P0000001 22,347 22,369 22,380 22,336 22,382 22,343 -4 -0.02
Rapides Parish, LA22079P0000001 131,784 132,039 132,079 132,449 132,416 132,141 357 0.27
Total P0000001 154,131 154,408 154,459 154,785 154,798 154,484 353 0.23
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Grant Parish, LA22043B0000001 272 238 255 235 260 252 1,240 
Rapides Parish, LA22079B0000001 1,728 1,799 1,770 1,776 1,820 1,785 8,950 
Total B0000001 2,000 2,037 2,025 2,011 2,080 2,037 10,190 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Grant Parish, LA22043D0000001 316 195 208 231 201 173 1,008 
Rapides Parish, LA22079D0000001 1,184 1,286 1,379 1,497 1,416 1,382 6,960 
Total D0000001 1,500 1,481 1,587 1,728 1,617 1,555 7,968 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Grant Parish, LA22043NC000001 -44 43 47 4 59 79 232 
Rapides Parish, LA22079NC000001 544 513 391 279 404 403 1,990 
Total NC000001 500 556 438 283 463 482 2,222 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Grant Parish, LA22043MI000001 16 11 8 9 9 9 46 
Rapides Parish, LA22079MI000001 120 119 139 118 138 140 654 
Total MI000001 136 130 147 127 147 149 700 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Grant Parish, LA22043MD000001 176 -25 -43 -47 -6 -108 -229 
Rapides Parish, LA22079MD000001 44 -301 -490 -29 -556 -855 -2,231 
Total MD000001 220 -326 -533 -76 -562 -963 -2,460 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Grant Parish, LA22043MN000001 192 -14 -35 -38 3 -99 -183 
Rapides Parish, LA22079MN000001 164 -182 -351 89 -418 -715 -1,577 
Total MN000001 356 -196 -386 51 -415 -814 -1,760 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Grant Parish, LA22043GQ000001 2,940 2,938 2,943 2,951 2,950 2,951 11 0.37
Rapides Parish, LA22079GQ000001 4,501 4,501 4,501 4,500 4,501 4,501 0 0.00
Total GQ000001 7,441 7,439 7,444 7,451 7,451 7,452 11 0.15

Source: developed by ProximityOne based on Census Bureau and other data.
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