Census Data for Acton
As far as we can tell, Acton has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.
While we don't have census information for Acton, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Hoover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Indian Springs Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pelham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Helena
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vestavia Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Alabaster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Homewood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bessemer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lipscomb
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lipscomb is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipscomb
- Brighton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Midfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Brook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
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- Chelsea
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Chelsea is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- The population in 2015 was estimated at 12,059 people. This represents a 18.42% increase since 2010.The 2010 Census gave a population of 10,183 people.
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- Fairfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Birmingham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Shelby County ...
Acton is located in Shelby County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Shelby County.
Miscellaneous Information for Acton ...
The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Shelby County or the community of Acton:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Acton:
- GNIS ID for Acton: 112906
- GNIS ID for Shelby County: 161584
- GNIS ID for State of Alabama: 1779775
- The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 01 (Alabama)
- County Code: 117 (Shelby County)
- Place Code: 00364 (Acton)
- State & County Code: 01/117 (Alabama / Shelby County)
- State & Place Code: 01/00364 (Alabama / Acton)
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Acton is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #6 (the East South-Central Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Acton.
Footnotes ...
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| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Shelby, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |