Alton, Illinois

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The 2000 Census showed that Alton had a population of 30,496 people^<1>. This represents 0.25% of the total population of Illinois, making it the state's 64th most populous community.

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

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
61	Mundelein	NE	258 mi [415.2 km]	33,717	8.99% increase
62	Woodridge	NE	225 mi [362.1 km]	34,130	10.33% increase
63	Carpentersville	NE	242 mi [389.5 km]	37,741	23.39% increase
-64-	Alton			29,393	3.62% decrease
65	Niles	NE	248 mi [399.1 km]	28,666	4.66% decrease
66	Harvey	NE	228 mi [366.9 km]	28,056	6.48% decrease
67	Gurnee	NE	266 mi [428.1 km]	30,608	6.15% increase

Alton had 13,894 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Alton has an area^<4> of 15.64 square miles [40.52 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Alton had a 2000 population density of 1,949 people per square mile [752 people/km²].

Madison County

The city of Alton is located in Madison County.

The county had a population of 259,117 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 30,496 people, Alton contained 11.77% of the Madison County total.

In addition, where the community of Alton has a population density of 1,949 people per square mile [752 people/km²], Madison County averages 357.4 people per square mile [138 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Alton and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Alton. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Alton. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Alton, it also contains a comparison between Alton and the state of Illinois.

Click here for the Alton QuickFact (QF-1701114).

The following communities are nearby Alton and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Florissant (MO)	QF-2924778	SW	11 mi [17.7 km]	50,561	0.13% increase
	Granite City	QF-1730926	S	12 mi [19.31 km]	30,703	1.91% decrease
	University City (MO)	QF-2975220	SW	18 mi [28.97 km]	36,289	3.04% decrease
	East Saint Louis	QF-1722255	S	19 mi [30.58 km]	28,773	8.78% decrease
	Saint Louis (MO)	QF-2965000	S	19 mi [30.58 km]	354,361	1.77% increase
	Saint Charles (MO)	QF-2964082	W	20 mi [32.19 km]	64,386	6.74% increase
	Saint Peters (MO)	QF-2965126	W	25 mi [40.23 km]	55,500	8.02% increase
	Belleville	QF-1704845	S	28 mi [45.06 km]	41,097	0.76% decrease

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

A Census Quickfact is available for Madison County (QF-17119).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Madison County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bond	QF-17005	E	18,253	3.42% increase
	Clinton	QF-17027	SE	36,711	3.33% increase
	Jersey	QF-17083	NW	22,622	4.47% increase
	Macoupin	QF-17117	N	48,138	1.74% decrease
	Montgomery	QF-17135	NE	29,773	2.78% decrease
	Saint Charles (MO)	QF-29183	W	349,407	22.1% increase
	Saint Clair	QF-17163	S	262,291	2.38% increase
	Saint Louis City (MO)	QF-29510	SW	354,361	2.16% increase
	Saint Louis (MO)	QF-29189	SW	991,830	2.41% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

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

Alton 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 Alton.

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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned 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) Alton. 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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