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Alpha, Illinois

Alorton
(Saint Clair County)

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The 2000 Census showed that Alpha had a population of 726 people ^<1>.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	683	-5.92%	-0.44% since 2007
2007	686	-5.51%	-0.29% since 2006
2006	688	-5.23%	-0.86% since 2005
2005	694	-4.41%	-0.72% since 2004
2004	699	-3.72%	-1.13% since 2003
2003	707	-2.62%
2002	707	-2.62%	-1.53% since 2001
2001	718	-1.1%	-1.1% since 2000
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2000	726	The Last Census

Alpha had 318 Housing Units ^<2> at the time of the 2000 Census.

Henry County

The village of Alpha is located in Henry County.

The county had a population of 51,049 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 726 people, Alpha contained 1.42% of the Henry County total.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Henry County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Alpha and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Alpha. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<3>

Radius	No of Communities	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
5 mi [8 km]	4	2,375	4.81% decrease
10 mi [16 km]	8	4,695	4.69% decrease
15 mi [24 km]	17	12,437	4.89% decrease
20 mi [32 km]	29	112,504	4.02% decrease
25 mi [40 km]	46	214,820	2.91% decrease
30 mi [48 km]	61	364,895	0.75% decrease

US Census QuickFacts

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

Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Galesburg	QF-1728326	S	16 mi [25.75 km]^<4>	31,181	7.49% decrease
Moline	QF-1749867	N	20 mi [32.19 km]	43,088	1.55% decrease
Rock Island	QF-1765078	NW	21 mi [33.8 km]	38,139	3.89% decrease
Bettendorf (IA)	QF-1906355	N	26 mi [41.84 km]	32,584	4.19% increase
Davenport (IA)	QF-1919000	NW	27 mi [43.45 km]	100,827	2.51% increase

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

A Census Quickfact is available for Henry County (QF-19073).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Henry County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Bureau	QF-17011	E	34,933	1.52% decrease
Knox	QF-17095	S	51,857	6.99% decrease
Mercer	QF-17131	W	16,481	2.8% decrease
Rock Island	QF-17161	NW	146,886	1.5% decrease
Stark	QF-17175	SE	6,135	2.93% decrease
Whiteside	QF-17195	NE	59,153	2.44% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Alpha:

	State Code:	17 (Illinois)
	County Code:	073 (Henry County)
	Place Code:	00971 (Alpha)

	State & County Code:	17073 (Illinois/Henry County)

	State & Place Code:	1700971 (Illinois/Alpha)

Alpha is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and in Division #3 (the East North-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Alpha.

The Commemorative
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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.

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Footnotes

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation
<2>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live, whether occupied or temporarily vacant, such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway). - Return to Citation
<3>	The communities in our count are those provided by the 2000 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate directly in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count. - Return to Citation
<4>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Alpha and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<5>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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