Illinois · Census place 1717991

Cuba, Illinois

Cuba is a city in Fulton County, Illinois with an estimated 1,137 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 609th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,137
#609 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-3.8%
-45 people
Land area
0.5 sq mi
Density
2,106 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Cuba. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Cuba population, 2020 to 2024

Cuba lost 45 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.8%. In the latest year it moved by -8.

1,18220201,17120211,15720221,14520231,1372024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,186. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Cuba covers 0.54 square miles of land, for 2,106 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Cuba is close to the typical town.

What county Cuba is in

All of Cuba's residents live in Fulton County, which had 32,510 residents in 2024. Cuba holds 3.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Cuba

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cuba by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 61427. 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 Cuba is

The Census internal point of Cuba is at 40.493600, -90.193400. Springfield, the capital, is 57.0 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lewistown, IL (1,960 people), 7.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Peoria, IL, 35.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.493600, -90.193400
DMS
40°29'36.96"N 90°11'36.24"W
UTM
15N 737851.7E 4486328.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GFFRV4+CJ

Daylight in Cuba

At 40.49° N, Cuba gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Cuba

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Lewistown, 7.0 miles away, with 1,960 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Cuba, IL?

1,137 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 45 (3.8%) from 1,182 in July 2020.

What county is Cuba in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Cuba?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61427.

How far is Cuba from Springfield?

57.0 miles (91.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Cuba.

What is the nearest larger city to Cuba?

Lewistown, IL, with 1,960 residents, 7.0 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.