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:

• Pearl River
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Pearl River is located in Saint Tammany Parish
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• Slidell
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Slidell is located in Saint Tammany Parish
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• Picayune
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Picayune is located in Pearl River County (MS)
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• Abita Springs
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Abita Springs is located in Saint Tammany Parish
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• Mandeville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Mandeville is located in Saint Tammany Parish
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• Covington
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Covington is located in Saint Tammany Parish
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• Waveland
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Waveland is located in Hancock County (MS)
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• Sun
  (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Sun is located in Saint Tammany Parish
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• Madisonville
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Madisonville is located in Saint Tammany Parish
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• Bay Saint Louis
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Bay Saint Louis is located in Hancock County (MS)
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• Pass Christian
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Pass Christian is located in Harrison County (MS)
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Saint Tammany Parish ...

Alton is located in Saint Tammany Parish<2>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Saint Tammany Parish.

Miscellaneous Information for Alton ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county, parish and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Saint Tammany Parish 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: 559769
  • GNIS ID for Saint Tammany Parish: 1629503
  • GNIS ID for State of Louisiana: 1629543

• The FIPS Codes ...
  • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
  • State Code: 22 (Louisiana)
  • County Code: 103 (Saint Tammany Parish)
  • Place Code: 01675 (Alton)
  • State & County Code: 22/103 (Louisiana / Saint Tammany Parish)
  • State & Place Code: 22/01675 (Louisiana / Alton)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Alton is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #7 (the West South-Central Division).

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