| Population | 1,264 |
| Nationwide Rank | 9373 |
Alton, Iowa is the 9,373rd largest city in the United States as of 2018.
Alton, Iowa is a city.
Alton, Iowa is as large as it has ever been. In 2018 Alton had its largest population ever.
Alton, Iowa is growing moderately quickly. It is growing faster than 84% of similarly sized cities since 2000.
| US Rank | Name | Population | Growth 2000-2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9363 | Mission, South Dakota | 1,268 | 39.9% |
| 9364 | Boulder, Montana | 1,267 | -2.8% |
| 9365 | Caraway, Arkansas | 1,267 | -6.3% |
| 9366 | Country Club Hills, Missouri | 1,267 | -8.1% |
| 9367 | Cripple Creek, Colorado | 1,267 | 13.9% |
| 9368 | De Graff, Ohio | 1,266 | 4.1% |
| 9369 | Medford, Minnesota | 1,266 | 24.3% |
| 9370 | St. Jacob, Illinois | 1,266 | 30.9% |
| 9371 | Fremont, North Carolina | 1,265 | -13.3% |
| 9372 | Kamiah, Idaho | 1,265 | 9.6% |
| 9373 | Alton, Iowa | 1,264 | 14.7% |
| 9374 | Black River, New York | 1,264 | -1.3% |
| 9375 | Cavalier, North Dakota | 1,264 | -17.4% |
| 9376 | Galveston, Indiana | 1,264 | -17.6% |
| 9377 | Otterbein, Indiana | 1,264 | -3.3% |
| 9378 | Palm Beach Shores, Florida | 1,264 | -1.7% |
| 9379 | Clinton, Kentucky | 1,263 | -10.4% |
| 9380 | Oquawka, Illinois | 1,263 | -17.8% |
| 9381 | Smithville, Ohio | 1,263 | -5.1% |
| 9382 | Blue Lake, California | 1,262 | 13.6% |
| 9383 | Gnadenhutten, Ohio | 1,261 | -1.9% |
| US Rank | Name | Population | Growth 2000-2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6820 | Hawarden | 2,486 | 0.4% |
| 6854 | Hudson | 2,466 | 16.3% |
| 6871 | Marengo | 2,455 | -3.2% |
| 6890 | Belle Plaine | 2,443 | -15.0% |
| 6908 | West Branch | 2,426 | 9.8% |
| 7049 | West Union | 2,334 | -8.4% |
| 7084 | Hull | 2,307 | 17.5% |
| 7088 | Cascade | 2,303 | 16.6% |
| 7089 | Ely | 2,303 | 99.0% |
| 7090 | Mitchellville | 2,303 | 12.7% |
| 7101 | Belmond | 2,296 | -10.2% |
| 7158 | La Porte City | 2,259 | -2.6% |
| 7169 | Lamoni | 2,252 | -7.8% |
| 7175 | Lisbon | 2,247 | 17.5% |
| 7245 | Bellevue | 2,196 | -6.9% |
| 7335 | Toledo | 2,141 | -15.5% |
| 7418 | Rockwell City | 2,096 | -5.4% |
| 7453 | Postville | 2,083 | -8.3% |
| 7475 | Sac City | 2,074 | -12.8% |
| 7484 | Colfax | 2,069 | -7.1% |
| 7516 | Ida Grove | 2,049 | -12.3% |
| 7563 | Wapello | 2,026 | -4.4% |
| 7570 | Lake Mills | 2,022 | -5.6% |
| 7583 | Sigourney | 2,015 | -8.9% |
| 7624 | Ogden | 1,994 | -1.7% |
| 7650 | Northwood | 1,976 | -3.4% |
| 7654 | Britt | 1,973 | -3.7% |
| 7681 | Sumner | 1,961 | -6.5% |
| 7700 | Epworth | 1,952 | 31.5% |
| 7715 | Parkersburg | 1,943 | 3.0% |
| 7733 | Atkins | 1,933 | 93.6% |
| 7746 | Alta | 1,925 | 3.5% |
| 7775 | Audubon | 1,912 | -19.8% |
| 7849 | Monroe | 1,874 | 3.4% |
| 7891 | Columbus Junction | 1,855 | -2.2% |
| 7914 | New London | 1,846 | -4.2% |
| 7919 | Denver | 1,841 | 13.6% |
| 7927 | Durant | 1,837 | 14.5% |
| 7946 | Leon | 1,831 | -7.1% |
| 7988 | Greenfield | 1,811 | -14.4% |
| 7989 | Guttenberg | 1,811 | -8.6% |
| 8076 | Peosta | 1,772 | 167.6% |
| 8166 | Prairie City | 1,729 | 26.3% |
| 8179 | Stuart | 1,726 | 0.5% |
| 8214 | Dallas Center | 1,714 | 6.7% |
| 8262 | Pleasantville | 1,692 | 9.5% |
| 8285 | Farley | 1,682 | 24.9% |
| 8302 | Blue Grass | 1,674 | 43.0% |
| 8322 | Pocahontas | 1,663 | -14.9% |
| 8333 | Lake City | 1,657 | -9.0% |
| 8360 | Mount Ayr | 1,643 | -12.6% |
| 8371 | Reinbeck | 1,637 | -6.2% |
| 8373 | Walcott | 1,637 | 7.2% |
| 8410 | Remsen | 1,621 | -7.8% |
| 8439 | Moville | 1,610 | 1.1% |
| 8453 | Traer | 1,604 | 0.6% |
| 8480 | Nashua | 1,593 | -1.6% |
| 8489 | Corydon | 1,587 | 0.0% |
| 8492 | Hartley | 1,587 | -8.1% |
| 8513 | Manson | 1,578 | -16.3% |
| 8619 | Avoca | 1,531 | -4.7% |
| 8627 | Mediapolis | 1,529 | -7.1% |
| 8682 | Oakland | 1,507 | 1.4% |
| 8687 | Ackley | 1,505 | -17.0% |
| 8700 | Guthrie Center | 1,501 | -9.6% |
| 8748 | Slater | 1,483 | 12.8% |
| 8760 | Monona | 1,477 | -4.2% |
| 8763 | Urbana | 1,477 | 42.0% |
| 8771 | Akron | 1,473 | -1.0% |
| 8822 | State Center | 1,456 | 8.0% |
| 8840 | Corning | 1,447 | -18.8% |
| 8841 | Walford | 1,446 | 17.8% |
| 8884 | Logan | 1,431 | -7.7% |
| 8896 | Manning | 1,425 | -4.1% |
| 8910 | Granger | 1,420 | 118.7% |
| 8914 | Woodward | 1,420 | 17.7% |
| 8920 | Earlham | 1,417 | 9.0% |
| 8929 | Montezuma | 1,412 | -2.7% |
| 8945 | Wellman | 1,408 | -0.9% |
| 8969 | Woodbine | 1,402 | -10.5% |
| 8971 | Brooklyn | 1,401 | 2.4% |
| 8974 | Kingsley | 1,401 | 12.2% |
| 8976 | Bedford | 1,400 | -13.7% |
| 8987 | Lenox | 1,397 | -0.4% |
| 9011 | Lone Tree | 1,389 | 20.6% |
| 9016 | Sanborn | 1,387 | 2.5% |
| 9054 | Fayette | 1,374 | 1.8% |
| 9076 | Holstein | 1,364 | -6.9% |
| 9086 | Nora Springs | 1,359 | -11.1% |
| 9093 | Tripoli | 1,356 | 3.9% |
| 9103 | Clarksville | 1,352 | -6.1% |
| 9197 | Dysart | 1,317 | 1.2% |
| 9254 | Maharishi Vedic City | 1,300 | 1344.4% |
| 9265 | Arnolds Park | 1,295 | 7.7% |
| 9276 | Central City | 1,293 | 11.9% |
| 9298 | Manly | 1,288 | -3.9% |
| 9308 | New Sharon | 1,284 | -1.8% |
| 9310 | Shell Rock | 1,284 | -1.0% |
| 9325 | Dike | 1,280 | 34.4% |
| 9331 | Buffalo | 1,279 | -7.5% |
| 9355 | Roland | 1,271 | -4.0% |
| 9373 | Alton | 1,264 | 14.7% |
| 9413 | Melcher-Dallas | 1,253 | -3.5% |
| 9427 | Coon Rapids | 1,246 | -4.1% |
| 9490 | Strawberry Point | 1,224 | -11.2% |
| 9516 | Elkader | 1,215 | -17.0% |
| 9644 | Van Meter | 1,181 | 36.0% |
| 9696 | Mapleton | 1,168 | -11.4% |
| 9724 | Jewell Junction | 1,158 | -6.4% |
| 9731 | Elk Run Heights | 1,156 | 10.0% |
| 9750 | Villisca | 1,153 | -14.4% |
| 9775 | Gilbert | 1,146 | 15.2% |
| 9796 | Laurens | 1,140 | -22.1% |
| 9799 | Springville | 1,139 | 4.1% |
| 9800 | Baxter | 1,138 | 7.8% |
| 9820 | Mechanicsville | 1,133 | -3.7% |
| 9843 | Fairbank | 1,124 | 7.0% |
| 9846 | Lake Park | 1,122 | 9.0% |
| 9860 | St. Ansgar | 1,119 | 8.8% |
| 9883 | Sheffield | 1,113 | 19.9% |
| 9919 | Glidden | 1,103 | -13.7% |
| 9932 | Malvern | 1,099 | -12.5% |
| 9945 | Winfield | 1,096 | -3.0% |
| 9968 | Hamburg | 1,089 | -13.5% |
| 9989 | Palo | 1,084 | 75.1% |
| 10000 | Conrad | 1,081 | 2.4% |
| 10012 | Lake View | 1,077 | -10.1% |
| 10024 | Panora | 1,071 | -8.6% |
| 10031 | Greene | 1,068 | -2.5% |
| 10055 | Aplington | 1,061 | 0.3% |
| 10056 | Marcus | 1,061 | -6.6% |
| 10090 | George | 1,052 | 0.3% |
| 10103 | University Heights | 1,049 | 6.9% |
| 10126 | Sidney | 1,042 | -19.4% |
| 10186 | Riverside | 1,027 | 10.3% |
| 10263 | Eddyville | 1,007 | -5.4% |
| 10268 | North English | 1,006 | 1.3% |
| 10302 | De Soto | 1,000 | -1.5% |
| 10345 | Rockwell | 990 | 0.0% |
| 10346 | Tabor | 990 | 0.0% |
| 10353 | Allison | 988 | -1.6% |
| 10365 | Fruitland | 986 | 38.4% |
| 10379 | Janesville | 983 | 19.0% |
| 10383 | Paullina | 983 | -12.3% |
| 10385 | Sloan | 983 | -4.9% |
| 10408 | Dunlap | 976 | -14.3% |
| 10418 | Shellsburg | 974 | 3.6% |
| 10419 | Swisher | 974 | 20.8% |
| 10435 | Clarence | 970 | -4.4% |
| 10439 | Keota | 969 | -5.4% |
| 10452 | Gowrie | 967 | -7.1% |
| 10464 | Lawton | 965 | 37.8% |
| 10467 | Aurelia | 964 | -9.1% |
| 10468 | Treynor | 964 | 1.9% |
| 10476 | Preston | 963 | 1.4% |
| 10521 | Griswold | 953 | -8.1% |
| 10528 | Wayland | 951 | 0.7% |
| 10539 | Lansing | 948 | -6.1% |
| 10551 | Underwood | 947 | 36.6% |
| 10555 | Odebolt | 946 | -18.4% |
| 10560 | Princeton | 945 | 0.2% |
| 10578 | Hinton | 941 | 15.8% |
| 10583 | West Point | 941 | -3.8% |
| 10640 | Le Grand | 929 | 5.2% |
| 10671 | Calmar | 923 | -13.0% |
| 10696 | Eldon | 917 | -8.2% |
| 10702 | Maxwell | 915 | 12.5% |
| 10711 | Fredericksburg | 913 | -6.9% |
| 10725 | Danville | 911 | -0.3% |
| 10733 | Anita | 908 | -13.4% |
| 10746 | Keosauqua | 906 | -15.2% |
| 10747 | Larchwood | 906 | 14.9% |
| 10827 | Buffalo Center | 887 | -7.7% |
| 10873 | Schleswig | 878 | 5.6% |
| 10905 | Neola | 869 | 2.7% |
| 10906 | Primghar | 869 | -2.1% |
| 10908 | Victor | 869 | -8.8% |
| 10913 | Long Grove | 868 | 45.8% |
| 10920 | Edgewood | 866 | -5.8% |
| 10941 | Gladbrook | 861 | -15.0% |
| 10953 | Newell | 859 | -2.8% |
| 10962 | Donnellson | 857 | -10.9% |
| 10988 | Winthrop | 854 | 11.0% |
| 10995 | Elkhart | 852 | 135.3% |
| 11038 | Newhall | 845 | -4.8% |
| 11053 | Armstrong | 842 | -13.4% |
| 11057 | McGregor | 842 | -2.9% |
| 11071 | Readlyn | 840 | 7.2% |
| 11076 | Dunkerton | 838 | 11.1% |
| 11084 | Inwood | 836 | -4.4% |
| 11088 | Sully | 836 | -7.7% |
| 11096 | Colo | 834 | -3.2% |
| 11127 | Rockford | 830 | -8.1% |
| 11148 | Hazleton | 826 | -12.9% |
| 11181 | Afton | 821 | -10.1% |
| 11202 | Carson | 817 | 22.6% |
| 11215 | Dakota City | 815 | -10.2% |
| 11236 | Melbourne | 811 | 2.1% |
| 11245 | Morning Sun | 810 | -7.0% |
| 11251 | Hills | 809 | 20.2% |
| 11262 | Oxford | 807 | 14.4% |
| 11263 | Cambridge | 806 | -2.5% |
| 11271 | Hubbard | 804 | -9.1% |
| 11286 | Raymond | 802 | 48.7% |
| 11296 | Correctionville | 800 | -6.1% |
| 11299 | Montrose | 800 | -16.3% |
| 11318 | Okoboji | 797 | -6.4% |
| 11324 | Graettinger | 796 | -11.5% |
| 11335 | Redfield | 795 | -4.9% |
| 11369 | Walker | 789 | 4.9% |
| 11377 | Dayton | 787 | -11.1% |
| 11392 | Grand Junction | 784 | -18.4% |
| 11405 | Ossian | 782 | -8.2% |
| 11432 | Hartford | 777 | 1.5% |
| 11433 | Lowden | 777 | -2.5% |
| 11444 | Earlville | 775 | -13.7% |
| 11452 | Walnut | 774 | -11.5% |
| 11465 | Exira | 771 | -4.3% |
| 11487 | Manilla | 766 | -8.4% |
| 11488 | Milo | 766 | -9.2% |
| 11518 | Riceville | 761 | -9.2% |
| 11526 | Wall Lake | 760 | -10.5% |
| 11566 | Sioux Rapids | 754 | 5.1% |
| 11579 | Essex | 752 | -14.5% |
| 11611 | West Bend | 747 | -10.2% |
| 11615 | Hedrick | 746 | -11.0% |
| 11620 | Alden | 744 | -17.5% |
| 11674 | Merrill | 736 | -2.2% |
| 11706 | Gilbertville | 729 | -4.9% |
| 11721 | Whiting | 728 | -9.1% |
| 11737 | Schaller | 726 | -7.3% |
| 11767 | Garnavillo | 720 | -4.0% |
| 11775 | Fremont | 718 | 1.2% |
| 11786 | Wheatland | 717 | -7.0% |
| 11794 | Ventura | 716 | 6.3% |
| 11815 | Stratford | 712 | -4.5% |
| 11823 | Murray | 710 | -7.6% |
| 11862 | Adair | 704 | -15.7% |
| 11869 | Hospers | 703 | 4.6% |
| 11872 | Alburnett | 702 | 26.0% |
| 11893 | Seymour | 699 | -13.5% |
| 11912 | Bancroft | 695 | -13.7% |
| 11916 | Lakeside | 695 | 44.1% |
| 11937 | Wellsburg | 692 | -3.3% |
| 11942 | Olin | 691 | -3.4% |
| 11947 | Battle Creek | 690 | -6.8% |
| 11967 | Boyden | 687 | -1.2% |
| 11988 | Ruthven | 684 | -10.5% |
| 12067 | Albert City | 671 | -4.9% |
| 12075 | Coggon | 670 | -10.5% |
| 12101 | Shueyville | 667 | 97.3% |
| 12135 | Blairstown | 662 | -2.9% |
| 12137 | Stanwood | 662 | -2.9% |
| 12174 | Van Horne | 656 | -8.3% |
| 12232 | Brighton | 647 | -6.0% |
| 12239 | Agency | 646 | 3.8% |
| 12278 | Stanton | 641 | -10.4% |
| 12285 | Moravia | 640 | -7.6% |
| 12311 | Elgin | 634 | -6.2% |
| Year | Population | Rank in US |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1,264 | 9,373 |
| 2017 | 1,257 | 9,390 |
| 2016 | 1,271 | 9,347 |
| 2015 | 1,264 | 9,353 |
| 2014 | 1,256 | 9,375 |
| 2013 | 1,240 | 9,434 |
| 2012 | 1,233 | 9,454 |
| 2011 | 1,218 | 9,495 |
| 2010 | 1,216 | 9,495 |
| 2009 | 1,115 | 9,761 |
| 2008 | 1,115 | 9,758 |
| 2007 | 1,104 | 9,788 |
| 2006 | 1,102 | 9,795 |
| 2005 | 1,097 | 9,804 |
| 2004 | 1,098 | 9,791 |
| 2003 | 1,090 | 9,816 |
| 2002 | 1,088 | 9,824 |
| 2001 | 1,096 | 9,784 |
| 2000 | 1,102 | 9,765 |
| 1990 | 1,138 | 9,216 |