Illinois · Census place 1701881
Arcola, Illinois
Arcola is a city in Douglas County, Illinois with an estimated 2,915 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 417th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,915
- #417 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- -0.5%
- -16 people
- Land area
- 2.0 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,443 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
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Arcola population, 2020 to 2024
Arcola lost 16 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +10.
Arcola covers 2.02 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,443 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Arcola is less dense than the typical town.
What county Arcola is in
All of Arcola's residents live in Douglas County, which had 19,824 residents in 2024. Arcola holds 14.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Arcola
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Arcola by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 61910. 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 Arcola is
The Census internal point of Arcola is at 39.683600, -88.300900. Springfield, the capital, is 72.0 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tuscola, IL (4,658 people), 7.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, IL, 71.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.683600, -88.300900
- DMS
- 39°41'0.96"N 88°18'3.24"W
- UTM
- 16N 388443.0E 4393449.6N
- Geohash
- dp11y8jjx
- Plus code
- 86FHMMMX+CJ
Daylight in Arcola
At 39.68° N, Arcola gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Arcola
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Tuscola, 7.9 miles away, with 4,658 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Arcola, IL?
2,915 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 16 (0.5%) from 2,931 in July 2020.
What county is Arcola in?
Douglas County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Arcola?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61910.
How far is Arcola from Springfield?
72.0 miles (115.9 km) in a straight line, heading W from Arcola.
What is the nearest larger city to Arcola?
Tuscola, IL, with 4,658 residents, 7.9 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.