Illinois · Census place 1712931

Chenoa, Illinois

Chenoa is a city in McLean County, Illinois with an estimated 1,699 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 508th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,699
#508 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-1.2%
-20 people
Land area
2.4 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
699 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Chenoa. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Chenoa population, 2020 to 2024

Chenoa lost 20 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +1.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,720. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Chenoa covers 2.43 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 699 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Chenoa is less dense than the typical town.

What county Chenoa is in

All of Chenoa's residents live in McLean County, which had 172,069 residents in 2024. Chenoa holds 1.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Chenoa

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Chenoa by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 61726. 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 Chenoa is

The Census internal point of Chenoa is at 40.737600, -88.727800. Springfield, the capital, is 82.1 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lexington, IL (2,097 people), 6.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Peoria, IL, 46.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.737600, -88.727800
DMS
40°44'15.36"N 88°43'40.08"W
UTM
16N 354111.3E 4511064.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GHP7QC+2V

Daylight in Chenoa

At 40.74° N, Chenoa gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Chenoa

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Lexington, 6.9 miles away, with 2,097 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Chenoa, IL?

1,699 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 20 (1.2%) from 1,719 in July 2020.

What county is Chenoa in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Chenoa?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61726.

How far is Chenoa from Springfield?

82.1 miles (132.1 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Chenoa.

What is the nearest larger city to Chenoa?

Lexington, IL, with 2,097 residents, 6.9 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.

  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.