Illinois · Census place 1715300

Cobden, Illinois

Cobden is a village in Union County, Illinois with an estimated 1,040 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 643rd largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,040
#643 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-3.0%
-32 people
Land area
1.2 sq mi
Density
852 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Cobden. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

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Cobden population, 2020 to 2024

Cobden lost 32 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.0%. In the latest year it moved by -1.

1,07220201,05420211,04620221,04120231,0402024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,076. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Cobden covers 1.22 square miles of land, for 852 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Cobden is less dense than the typical town.

What county Cobden is in

All of Cobden's residents live in Union County, which had 16,886 residents in 2024. Cobden holds 6.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Cobden

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cobden by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 62920. 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 Cobden is

The Census internal point of Cobden is at 37.533300, -89.254400. Springfield, the capital, is 156.8 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Anna, IL (4,165 people), 5.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 93.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.533300, -89.254400
DMS
37°31'59.88"N 89°15'15.84"W
UTM
16N 300808.6E 4156423.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
869GGPMW+86

Daylight in Cobden

At 37.53° N, Cobden gets about 14 h 46 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 34 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Cobden

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Anna, 5.1 miles away, with 4,165 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Cobden, IL?

1,040 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 32 (3.0%) from 1,072 in July 2020.

What county is Cobden in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Cobden?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 62920.

How far is Cobden from Springfield?

156.8 miles (252.3 km) in a straight line, heading N from Cobden.

What is the nearest larger city to Cobden?

Anna, IL, with 4,165 residents, 5.1 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.

  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.