Illinois · Census place 1710643
Cambridge, Illinois
Cambridge is a village in Henry County, Illinois with an estimated 2,034 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 474th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,034
- #474 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- -2.4%
- -50 people
- Land area
- 2.0 sq mi
- Density
- 1,022 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
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Cambridge population, 2020 to 2024
Cambridge lost 50 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.4%. In the latest year it moved by -10.
Cambridge covers 1.99 square miles of land, for 1,022 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Cambridge is less dense than the typical town.
What county Cambridge is in
All of Cambridge's residents live in Henry County, which had 48,177 residents in 2024. Cambridge holds 4.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Cambridge
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cambridge by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 61238. 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 Cambridge is
The Census internal point of Cambridge is at 41.292400, -90.190900. Springfield, the capital, is 108.2 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Geneseo, IL (6,503 people), 11.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Davenport, IA, 28.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.292400, -90.190900
- DMS
- 41°17'32.64"N 90°11'27.24"W
- UTM
- 15N 735214.8E 4575023.7N
- Geohash
- 9zrfgthcx
- Plus code
- 86HF7RR5+XJ
Daylight in Cambridge
At 41.29° N, Cambridge gets about 15 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Cambridge
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Orion, 10.5 miles away, with 1,714 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Cambridge, IL?
2,034 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 50 (2.4%) from 2,084 in July 2020.
What county is Cambridge in?
Henry County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Cambridge?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61238.
How far is Cambridge from Springfield?
108.2 miles (174.2 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Cambridge.
What is the nearest larger city to Cambridge?
Geneseo, IL, with 6,503 residents, 11.1 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.