Illinois · Census place 1727806
Freeburg, Illinois
Freeburg is a village in St. Clair County, Illinois with an estimated 4,518 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 352nd largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,518
- #352 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- -1.8%
- -85 people
- Land area
- 6.8 sq mi
- + 0.27 sq mi water
- Density
- 662 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
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Freeburg population, 2020 to 2024
Freeburg lost 85 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by -15.
Freeburg covers 6.82 square miles of land and 0.27 of water, for 662 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Freeburg is less dense than the typical town.
What county Freeburg is in
All of Freeburg's residents live in St. Clair County, which had 251,149 residents in 2024. Freeburg holds 1.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Freeburg
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Freeburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 62221, 62243. 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 Freeburg is
The Census internal point of Freeburg is at 38.439100, -89.916200. Springfield, the capital, is 93.8 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Belleville, IL (40,560 people), 6.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 22.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.439100, -89.916200
- DMS
- 38°26'20.76"N 89°54'58.32"W
- UTM
- 16N 245474.4E 4258564.7N
- Geohash
- dnb49vt5b
- Plus code
- 86CGC3QM+JG
Daylight in Freeburg
At 38.44° N, Freeburg gets about 14 h 51 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 29 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Freeburg
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Smithton, 4.4 miles away, with 3,888 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Freeburg, IL?
4,518 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 85 (1.8%) from 4,603 in July 2020.
What county is Freeburg in?
St. Clair County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Freeburg?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 62221, 62243.
How far is Freeburg from Springfield?
93.8 miles (151.0 km) in a straight line, heading N from Freeburg.
What is the nearest larger city to Freeburg?
Belleville, IL, with 40,560 residents, 6.6 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.