Census Data for Alton

As far as we can tell, Alton 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 Alton, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

• Fortuna
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortuna
  • Fortuna is located in Humboldt County
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• Rio Dell
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Dell
  • Rio Dell is located in Humboldt County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rio Dell <1>
• Ferndale
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
  • Ferndale is located in Humboldt County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ferndale <1>
• Eureka
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
  • Eureka is located in Humboldt County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eureka <1>
• Arcata
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcata
  • Arcata is located in Humboldt County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arcata <1>
• Blue Lake
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Lake
  • Blue Lake is located in Humboldt County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blue Lake <1>

Humboldt County ...

Alton is located in Humboldt County<2>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Alton ...

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 Humboldt County or the community of Alton:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Alton:
  • GNIS ID for Alton: 1655796
  • GNIS ID for Humboldt County: 1681908
  • GNIS ID for State of California: 1779778

• The FIPS Codes ...
  • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
  • State Code: 06 (California)
  • County Code: 023 (Humboldt County)
  • Place Code: 01430 (Alton)
  • State & County Code: 06/023 (California / Humboldt County)
  • State & Place Code: 06/01430 (California / Alton)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Alton is located in Census Region #4 (the West Region) and Division #9 (the Pacific Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Alton.