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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000004281-11-000032.txt : 20110127
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20110127165452
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000004281-11-000032
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20110121
FILED AS OF DATE:		20110127
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20110127

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Jarrault Olivier M
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001510406

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-03610
		FILM NUMBER:		11552775

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ALCOA INC.
		STREET 2:		390 PARK AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ALCOA INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000004281
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ROLLING DRAWING & EXTRUDING OF NONFERROUS METALS [3350]
		IRS NUMBER:				250317820
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			PA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		201 ISABELLA ST
		STREET 2:		ALCOA CORPORATE CTR
		CITY:			PITTSBURGH
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			15212-5858
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4125532576

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		801 ISABELLA ST
		STREET 2:		ALCOA CORPORATE CTR
		CITY:			PITTSBURGH
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			15212-5858

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ALUMINUM CO OF AMERICA
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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    <periodOfReport>2011-01-21</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000004281</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>ALCOA INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>AA</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001510406</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Jarrault Olivier M</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>201 ISABELLA STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>PITTSBURGH</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>PA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>15212</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Executive Vice President</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>87271</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
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            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Company 401(k) Plan</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>28.925</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2007-01-12</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2012-01-12</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityShares>
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            <ownershipNature>
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                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
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                </natureOfOwnership>
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        </derivativeHolding>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>30.30</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2008-01-18</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2013-01-18</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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            <ownershipNature>
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            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
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            <exerciseDate>
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            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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            <ownershipNature>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
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                </natureOfOwnership>
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            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
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            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2015-01-23</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
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            <expirationDate>
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                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
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                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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                    <value></value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The option vests in three equal annual installments beginning January 23, 2010.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The option vests in three equal annual installments beginning January 26, 2011.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Brenda Hart (Assistant Secretary), by power of attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2011-01-27</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<HTML><BODY><PRE>POWER OF ATTORNEY



 KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned hereby names,

constitutes and appoints the Secretary and each Assistant Secretary of ALCOA INC., a Pennsylvania

corporation (the "Company"), or any of them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and

agent to:



       (1)  prepare, sign for and on behalf of the undersigned, and submit to the U.S. Securities and

Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents

necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic

filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any

rule or regulation of the SEC;



       (2) prepare, and sign for and on behalf of the undersigned, as to any equity securities of the

Company, Forms 3, 4 and/or 5, including amendments thereto, in accordance with Section 16(a) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;



       (3) timely file any such Forms 3, 4 and/or 5, including amendments thereto, with the SEC and

any stock exchange or similar authority and deliver a copy thereof to the Company in care of the

Secretary; and



       (4) take any other action in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such

attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned.



        The undersigned hereby grants to each of such attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and

perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of

any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or

could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact shall lawfully

do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The

undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of

the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities

to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.



       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer

required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in equity

securities of the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the

foregoing attorneys-in-fact.  This Power of Attorney shall be governed by and construed in accordance

with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.  The execution of this Power of Attorney is not

intended to, and does not, revoke any prior powers of attorney.



 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed

on the date set opposite the signature below.





 /s/ Olivier M. Jarrault      01/08/11

  Signature          Date



          Olivier M. Jarrault

  Print Name











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