Alford, Florida

Alford, Florida
Town
Location in Jackson County and the state of Florida Location in Jackson County and the state of Florida
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Florida
County	Jackson
Area
• Total	1.3 sq mi (3.4 km2)
• Land	1.3 sq mi (3.3 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation	148 ft (45 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	489
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code	32420
Area code(s)	850
FIPS code	12-00625
GNIS feature ID	0277741

Alford is a town in Jackson County, Florida, United States. It is located in the Florida Panhandle near Marianna. The population was 489 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Alford is located at (30.694794, -85.393119).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km²), of which 1.3 square miles (3.4 km²) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km²) (1.53%) is water.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1920	207		—
1930	221		6.8%
1940	283		28.1%
1950	375		32.5%
1960	380		1.3%
1970	402		5.8%
1980	548		36.3%
1990	472		−13.9%
2000	466		−1.3%
2010	489		4.9%
Est. 2014	469		−4.1%
U.S. Decennial Census

As of the census of 2010, there were 489 people and 202 households in the town.

The population was 48 percent male and 52 percent female. Twenty percent of the population was under 18 and 15.5 percent 65 or over. Ninety-three percent of the population was white and 4 percent Hispanic or Latino.