Illinois · Census place 1719616
De Soto, Illinois
De Soto is a village in Jackson County, Illinois with an estimated 1,408 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 555th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,408
- #555 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- +0.0%
- +0 people
- Land area
- 0.9 sq mi
- Density
- 1,547 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
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De Soto population, 2020 to 2024
De Soto added 0 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.0%. In the latest year it moved by +10.
De Soto covers 0.91 square miles of land, for 1,547 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so De Soto is less dense than the typical town.
What county De Soto is in
All of De Soto's residents live in Jackson County, which had 53,199 residents in 2024. De Soto holds 2.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in De Soto
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps De Soto by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 62924. 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 De Soto is
The Census internal point of De Soto is at 37.815700, -89.227000. Springfield, the capital, is 137.7 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cambria, IL (1,793 people), 6.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 79.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.815700, -89.227000
- DMS
- 37°48'56.52"N 89°13'37.20"W
- UTM
- 16N 303974.7E 4187703.3N
- Geohash
- dn8x1s4uk
- Plus code
- 869GRQ8F+76
Daylight in De Soto
At 37.82° N, De Soto gets about 14 h 47 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near De Soto
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Cambria, 6.4 miles away, with 1,793 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of De Soto, IL?
1,408 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 0 (0.0%) from 1,408 in July 2020.
What county is De Soto in?
Jackson County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover De Soto?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 62924.
How far is De Soto from Springfield?
137.7 miles (221.6 km) in a straight line, heading N from De Soto.
What is the nearest larger city to De Soto?
Cambria, IL, with 1,793 residents, 6.4 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.