Illinois · Census place 1711293
Carmi, Illinois
Carmi is a city in White County, Illinois with an estimated 4,679 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 341st largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,679
- #341 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- -3.3%
- -158 people
- Land area
- 2.6 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,807 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
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Carmi population, 2020 to 2024
Carmi lost 158 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.3%. In the latest year it moved by -33.
Carmi covers 2.59 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,807 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Carmi is less dense than the typical town.
What county Carmi is in
All of Carmi's residents live in White County, which had 13,395 residents in 2024. Carmi holds 34.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Carmi
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Carmi by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 62821. 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 Carmi is
The Census internal point of Carmi is at 38.086200, -88.172100. Springfield, the capital, is 141.5 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mount Vernon, IN (6,341 people), 18.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Evansville, IN, 35.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.086200, -88.172100
- DMS
- 38°05'10.32"N 88°10'19.56"W
- UTM
- 16N 397211.6E 4216027.7N
- Geohash
- dnc29t7h1
- Plus code
- 86CH3RPH+F5
Daylight in Carmi
At 38.09° N, Carmi gets about 14 h 49 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 31 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Carmi
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Norris City, 11.3 miles away, with 1,100 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Carmi, IL?
4,679 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 158 (3.3%) from 4,837 in July 2020.
What county is Carmi in?
White County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Carmi?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 62821.
How far is Carmi from Springfield?
141.5 miles (227.7 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Carmi.
What is the nearest larger city to Carmi?
Mount Vernon, IN, with 6,341 residents, 18.2 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.
- 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.