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What is the population density of Alton, Illinois?

Have you ever wondered how many people are crammed into Alton in Illinois? Here is the answer:

Alton, Illinois has a population density of 703.48 inhabitants per square kilometer (1821.74 / sq mi)

That means the whole population of 30,496 people are living within an area of 43.35 sq km (16.74 sq mi).

As a reference: New York City has a population density of 6918 inhabitants per square kilometer (17918 / sq mi), thanks to it’s population of 8,398,748 inhabitants within an area of 1214 sq km (468.73 sq mi).

The population density of Alton in Illinois is 703.48 people per square kilometer (1821.74 / sq mi)

Alton is a city on the Mississippi River in Madison County, Illinois, United States, about 15 miles (24 km) north of St. Louis, Missouri. The population was 27,865 at the 2010 census. It is a part of the Metro-East region of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area. It is famous for its limestone bluffs along the river north of the city, for its role preceding and during the American Civil War, and as the home town of jazz musician Miles Davis and Robert Wadlow, the tallest known person in history. It was the site of the last Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas debate in October 1858. The former state penitentiary in Alton was used during the Civil War to hold up to 12,000 Confederate prisoners of war.

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