Town of Alford, Massachusetts

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The 2000 Census showed that Alford had a population of 399 people^<1>.

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

Alford had 279 Housing Units^<2> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Alford has an area^<3> of 11.56 square miles [29.94 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Alford had a 2000 population density of 34.52 people per square mile [13.33 people/km²].

Berkshire County

The Town of Alford is located in Berkshire County.

The county had a population of 134,787 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 399 people, Alford contained 0.3% of the Berkshire County total.

In addition, where the community of Alford has a population density of 34.52 people per square mile [13.33 people/km²], Berkshire County averages 144.7 people per square mile [55.9 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Alford and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Alford. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<4>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Alford.

A Census Quickfact is available for Berkshire County (QF-25003).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Berkshire County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bennington (VT)	QF-50003	N	36,382	1.61% decrease
	Franklin	QF-25011	NE	71,735	0.34% increase
	Hampshire	QF-25015	E	154,983	1.71% increase
	Hampden	QF-25013	SE	460,840	0.94% increase
	Litchfield (CT)	QF-09005	S	187,745	2.81% increase
	Columbia (NY)	QF-36021	W	62,006	1.67% decrease
	Rensselaer (NY)	QF-36083	NW	155,261	1.73% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

Alford is located in Census Region #1 (the Northeast Region) and in Division #1 (the New England Division).

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

The Commemorative Quarter for Massachusetts<5>

Search for Local Businesses

People are finding 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) Alford. 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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