Fifth Ward is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States.

As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 800.

[2] Fifth Ward is located along Louisiana Highway 1, 7 miles (11 km) west of Marksville, the parish seat, and 23 miles (37 km) southeast of Alexandria.

Local public schools are managed by the Avoyelles Parish School Board.

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