Illinois · Census place 1710487

Calumet City, Illinois

Calumet City is a city in Cook County, Illinois with an estimated 34,855 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 53rd largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
34,855
#53 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-2.9%
-1,050 people
Land area
7.2 sq mi
+ 0.12 sq mi water
Density
4,841 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Calumet City. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Calumet City population, 2020 to 2024

Calumet City lost 1,050 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.9%. In the latest year it moved by +212. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 290th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Calumet City is 2.4 times that size.

35.9k202035.2k202134.8k202234.6k202334.9k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 36,043. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Calumet City covers 7.20 square miles of land and 0.12 of water, for 4,841 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Calumet City is denser than the typical town.

What county Calumet City is in

All of Calumet City's residents live in Cook County, which had 5,182,617 residents in 2024. Calumet City holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Calumet City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Calumet City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 60409. 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 Calumet City is

The Census internal point of Calumet City is at 41.596500, -87.538600. Springfield, the capital, is 167.2 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hammond, IN (76,030 people), 2.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chicago, IL, 18.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.596500, -87.538600
DMS
41°35'47.40"N 87°32'18.96"W
UTM
16N 455113.7E 4605117.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HJHFW6+JH

Daylight in Calumet City

At 41.60° N, Calumet City gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Calumet City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Lansing, 2.2 miles away, with 28,107 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Calumet City, IL?

34,855 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1,050 (2.9%) from 35,905 in July 2020.

What county is Calumet City in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Calumet City?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60409.

How far is Calumet City from Springfield?

167.2 miles (269.1 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Calumet City.

What is the nearest larger city to Calumet City?

Hammond, IN, with 76,030 residents, 2.7 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.