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People QuickFacts | Alton | Illinois
Population, 2012 estimate | 27,415 | 12,875,255
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 27,865 | 12,830,632
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -1.6% | 0.3%
Population, 2010 | 27,865 | 12,830,632
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 7.3% | 6.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 24.1% | 24.4%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 13.9% | 12.5%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 52.2% | 51.0%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 68.5% | 71.5%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 26.6% | 14.5%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.2% | 0.3%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.5% | 4.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.0%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 3.7% | 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 1.9% | 15.8%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 67.4% | 63.7%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 83.8% | 86.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 1.3% | 13.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 2.2% | 22.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 87.0% | 86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 18.2% | 30.7%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 2,344 | 770,388
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 22.5 | 28.1
Housing units, 2010 | 13,266 | 5,296,715
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 61.9% | 68.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 21.3% | 32.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $84,900 | $198,500
Households, 2007-2011 | 11,627 | 4,773,002
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.36 | 2.62
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $19,433 | $29,376
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $36,272 | $56,576
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 22.6% | 13.1%
Business QuickFacts | Alton | Illinois
Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,736 | 1,123,817
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 7.8% | 9.5%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 5.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 5.0%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 23.0% | 30.5%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 257,760,713
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 189,186 | 231,082,768
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 600,971 | 165,450,520
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $20,430 | $12,947
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 73,626 | 25,469,026
Geography QuickFacts | Alton | Illinois
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 15.47 | 55,518.93
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,801.2 | 231.1
FIPS Code | 1114 | 17
Counties | Madison County
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts