Illinois · Census place 1700113

Abingdon, Illinois

Abingdon is a city in Knox County, Illinois with an estimated 2,871 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 422nd largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,871
#422 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-2.6%
-78 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
2,008 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Abingdon. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

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Abingdon population, 2020 to 2024

Abingdon lost 78 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.6%. In the latest year it moved by +3.

2,94920202,91520212,87320222,86820232,8712024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,958. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Abingdon covers 1.43 square miles of land, for 2,008 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Abingdon is close to the typical town.

What county Abingdon is in

All of Abingdon's residents live in Knox County, which had 48,716 residents in 2024. Abingdon holds 5.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Abingdon

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Abingdon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 61410. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Abingdon is

The Census internal point of Abingdon is at 40.803800, -90.400900. Springfield, the capital, is 81.0 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Galesburg, IL (29,289 people), 10.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Peoria, IL, 41.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.803800, -90.400900
DMS
40°48'13.68"N 90°24'3.24"W
UTM
15N 719246.3E 4520228.2N
Geohash
9zr8nuh56
Plus code
86GFRH3X+GJ

Daylight in Abingdon

At 40.80° N, Abingdon gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Abingdon

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Knoxville, 9.3 miles away, with 2,840 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Abingdon, IL?

2,871 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 78 (2.6%) from 2,949 in July 2020.

What county is Abingdon in?

Knox County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Abingdon?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61410.

How far is Abingdon from Springfield?

81.0 miles (130.3 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Abingdon.

What is the nearest larger city to Abingdon?

Galesburg, IL, with 29,289 residents, 10.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.