Illinois · Census place 1723737
El Paso, Illinois
El Paso is a city in Woodford County, Illinois with an estimated 2,732 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 426th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,732
- #426 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- -0.5%
- -15 people
- Land area
- 2.2 sq mi
- Density
- 1,271 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
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El Paso population, 2020 to 2024
El Paso lost 15 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by -3.
El Paso covers 2.15 square miles of land, for 1,271 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so El Paso is less dense than the typical town.
What county El Paso is in
All of El Paso's residents live in Woodford County, which had 38,290 residents in 2024. El Paso holds 7.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in El Paso
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps El Paso by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 61738. 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 El Paso is
The Census internal point of El Paso is at 40.740500, -89.018200. Springfield, the capital, is 74.2 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Eureka, IL (5,189 people), 13.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Peoria, IL, 31.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.740500, -89.018200
- DMS
- 40°44'25.80"N 89°01'5.52"W
- UTM
- 16N 329597.0E 4511909.8N
- Geohash
- dp0xy2dft
- Plus code
- 86GGPXRJ+6P
Daylight in El Paso
At 40.74° N, El Paso 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 El Paso
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Gridley, 7.2 miles away, with 1,443 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of El Paso, IL?
2,732 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 15 (0.5%) from 2,747 in July 2020.
What county is El Paso in?
Woodford County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover El Paso?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61738.
How far is El Paso from Springfield?
74.2 miles (119.4 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from El Paso.
What is the nearest larger city to El Paso?
Eureka, IL, with 5,189 residents, 13.7 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.