Illinois · Census place 1710630

Cambria, Illinois

Cambria is a village in Williamson County, Illinois with an estimated 1,793 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 498th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,793
#498 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
+15.6%
+242 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
1,263 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Cambria. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Cambria population, 2020 to 2024

Cambria added 242 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +15.6%. In the latest year it moved by +20.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,504. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Cambria covers 1.42 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,263 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Cambria is less dense than the typical town.

What county Cambria is in

All of Cambria's residents live in Williamson County, which had 67,064 residents in 2024. Cambria holds 2.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Cambria

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Cambria by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 62915, 62918. 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 Cambria is

The Census internal point of Cambria is at 37.779400, -89.119400. Springfield, the capital, is 141.2 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Carterville, IL (5,821 people), 2.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 85.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.779400, -89.119400
DMS
37°46'45.84"N 89°07'9.84"W
UTM
16N 313355.6E 4183454.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
869GQVHJ+Q6

Daylight in Cambria

At 37.78° N, Cambria gets about 14 h 47 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Cambria

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Carterville, 2.2 miles away, with 5,821 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Cambria, IL?

1,793 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 242 (15.6%) from 1,551 in July 2020.

What county is Cambria in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Cambria?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 62915, 62918.

How far is Cambria from Springfield?

141.2 miles (227.3 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Cambria.

What is the nearest larger city to Cambria?

Carterville, IL, with 5,821 residents, 2.2 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.