Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Alexandria, Louisiana

Today’s Retirement Life Planning city is Alexandria, Louisiana.

Alexandria is located in Central Louisiana about 107 miles WNW of Baton Rouge.  Alexandria’s population is about 46,000.  Alexandria averages about 61″ of rain per year with the wettest months being December (6.4″), January (6.2″), March (5.8″) and November (5.8″).  They also average about 1″ of snow per year.

The average high temperatures by month are as follows:

Jan    58
Feb   63
Mar   70
Apr    77
May   84
Jun     90
Jul      93
Aug    93
Sep    88
Oct    80
Nov   70
Dec    61

Here is some more information about Alexandria:

17% Catholic
43% Protestant

34% Democrat
63% Republican

55% Black
42% White

The overall cost of living is 78 based on a scale that uses 100 as average.

Alexandria averages 215 sunny days per year.

I hope this information will help you in your Retirement Life Planning.

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