Illinois · Census place 1710110
Bushnell, Illinois
Bushnell is a city in McDonough County, Illinois with an estimated 2,649 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 435th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,649
- #435 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- -2.1%
- -57 people
- Land area
- 2.1 sq mi
- Density
- 1,250 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
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Bushnell population, 2020 to 2024
Bushnell lost 57 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.1%. In the latest year it moved by -33.
Bushnell covers 2.12 square miles of land, for 1,250 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Bushnell is less dense than the typical town.
What county Bushnell is in
All of Bushnell's residents live in McDonough County, which had 26,662 residents in 2024. Bushnell holds 9.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Bushnell
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bushnell by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 61422. 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 Bushnell is
The Census internal point of Bushnell is at 40.551600, -90.504700. Springfield, the capital, is 69.8 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Macomb, IL (14,765 people), 10.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Peoria, IL, 48.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.551600, -90.504700
- DMS
- 40°33'5.76"N 90°30'16.92"W
- UTM
- 15N 711284.8E 4491974.5N
- Geohash
- 9zpwsw0qp
- Plus code
- 86GFHF2W+J4
Daylight in Bushnell
At 40.55° N, Bushnell gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Bushnell
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Macomb, 10.9 miles away, with 14,765 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Bushnell, IL?
2,649 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 57 (2.1%) from 2,706 in July 2020.
What county is Bushnell in?
McDonough County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Bushnell?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61422.
How far is Bushnell from Springfield?
69.8 miles (112.3 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Bushnell.
What is the nearest larger city to Bushnell?
Macomb, IL, with 14,765 residents, 10.9 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.