Illinois · Census place 1702414

Arthur, Illinois

Arthur is a village in 2 counties of Illinois with an estimated 2,269 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 457th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,269
#457 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
+1.8%
+40 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
Density
1,693 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Arthur. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Springfield.

Arthur population, 2020 to 2024

Arthur added 40 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.8%. In the latest year it moved by +11.

2,22920202,22920212,20120222,25820232,2692024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,231. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Arthur covers 1.34 square miles of land, for 1,693 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Arthur is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Arthur spans

Arthur crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 2,269 residents as follows; Douglas County holds 64.1% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Douglas County1,454
  2. 02Moultrie County815
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Arthur

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Arthur by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 61911. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Arthur is

The Census internal point of Arthur is at 39.714500, -88.469600. Springfield, the capital, is 62.9 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Arcola, IL (2,915 people), 9.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, IL, 62.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.714500, -88.469600
DMS
39°42'52.20"N 88°28'10.56"W
UTM
16N 374031.9E 4397102.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
86FHPG7J+Q5

Daylight in Arthur

At 39.71° N, Arthur gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Arthur

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Atwood, 5.9 miles away, with 1,097 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Arthur, IL?

2,269 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 40 (1.8%) from 2,229 in July 2020.

What county is Arthur in?

It spans 2 counties: Douglas County (1,454 residents), Moultrie County (815 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Arthur?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61911.

How far is Arthur from Springfield?

62.9 miles (101.2 km) in a straight line, heading W from Arthur.

What is the nearest larger city to Arthur?

Arcola, IL, with 2,915 residents, 9.2 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.