Illinois · Census place 1724374
Erie, Illinois
Erie is a village in Whiteside County, Illinois with an estimated 1,491 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 539th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,491
- #539 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- -1.6%
- -24 people
- Land area
- 1.4 sq mi
- Density
- 1,080 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
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Erie population, 2020 to 2024
Erie lost 24 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +3.
Erie covers 1.38 square miles of land, for 1,080 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Erie is less dense than the typical town.
What county Erie is in
All of Erie's residents live in Whiteside County, which had 54,657 residents in 2024. Erie holds 2.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Erie
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Erie by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 61250. 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 Erie is
The Census internal point of Erie is at 41.658600, -90.081300. Springfield, the capital, is 131.7 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Prophetstown, IL (1,906 people), 7.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Davenport, IA, 27.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.658600, -90.081300
- DMS
- 41°39'30.96"N 90°04'52.68"W
- UTM
- 15N 743019.9E 4615988.3N
- Geohash
- 9zruypsyc
- Plus code
- 86HFMW59+CF
Daylight in Erie
At 41.66° N, Erie gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Erie
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Prophetstown, 7.6 miles away, with 1,906 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Erie, IL?
1,491 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 24 (1.6%) from 1,515 in July 2020.
What county is Erie in?
Whiteside County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Erie?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61250.
How far is Erie from Springfield?
131.7 miles (211.9 km) in a straight line, heading S from Erie.
What is the nearest larger city to Erie?
Prophetstown, IL, with 1,906 residents, 7.6 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.