Acton, Alabama
(Jefferson County)

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Acton has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no specific census information for this community.

Acton is located in Jefferson County and for a more general look at the area, please visit our Census Page for Jefferson County.

While Acton does not have census information, you might be interested in some nearby communites that do:

Community	Population<1>	Direction	Distance<2>
Birmingham	229,800	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]
Hoover	69,872	W	4 mi [6.44 km]
Vestavia Hills	31,028	NW	3 mi [4.83 km]
Alabaster	28,694	S	13 mi [20.92 km]
Bessemer	28,657	W	12 mi [19.31 km]

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Acton Neighborhood Page.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Acton and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Acton. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<3> We don't have the population of Acton, so its people haven't been included.

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they haven't created a QuickFact for Acton, there are QuickFacts available for the following nearby communities:

Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	Population (2007 est)	Population (2000 Census)	Change in Population
Hoover	QF-0135896	W	4 mi [6.44 km]	69,872	62,742	11.36%
Birmingham	QF-0107000	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]	229,800	242,820	-5.36%
Bessemer	QF-0105980	W	12 mi [19.31 km]	28,657	29,672	-3.42%

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Acton Neighborhood Page.

A Census Quickfact is available for Jefferson County (QF-01073).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Jefferson County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	Population (2007 est)	Population (2000 Census)	Change in Population
Bibb	QF-01007	SW	21,535	19,939	8%
Blount	QF-01009	NE	56,614	51,184	10.61%
Saint Clair	QF-01115	E	78,054	65,079	19.94%
Shelby	QF-01117	SE	182,113	144,540	25.99%
Tuscaloosa	QF-01125	SW	177,906	165,207	7.69%
Walker	QF-01127	NW	68,816	70,685	-2.64%

Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Acton. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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