Census Data for Africa
As far as we can tell, Africa 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 Africa, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Rockport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Owensboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Grandview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Richland City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Richland City is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland City
- The population in 2015 was estimated at 407 people. This represents a 4.24% decrease since 2010.The 2010 Census gave a population of 425 people.
- Richland City has also been known as:
- Richland
- Chrisney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lewisport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whitesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tennyson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Boonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hawesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cannelton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Gentryville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
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- Tell City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Troy
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Newburgh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Spencer County ...
Africa is located in Spencer County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Spencer County.
Miscellaneous Information for Africa ...
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 Spencer County or the community of Africa:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Africa:
- GNIS ID for Africa: 430026
- GNIS ID for Spencer County: 450388
- GNIS ID for State of Indiana: 448508
- The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 18 (Indiana)
- County Code: 147 (Spencer County)
- Place Code: 00685 (Africa)
- State & County Code: 18/147 (Indiana / Spencer County)
- State & Place Code: 18/00685 (Indiana / Africa)
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Africa is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and Division #3 (the East North-Central Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Africa.
Footnotes ...
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| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Spencer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |