Illinois · Census place 1728144

Fulton, Illinois

Fulton is a city in Whiteside County, Illinois with an estimated 3,581 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 390th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,581
#390 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-1.8%
-66 people
Land area
2.3 sq mi
+ 0.46 sq mi water
Density
1,530 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Fulton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

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Fulton population, 2020 to 2024

Fulton lost 66 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by +4.

3,64720203,63220213,58120223,57720233,5812024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,654. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Fulton covers 2.34 square miles of land and 0.46 of water, for 1,530 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Fulton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Fulton is in

All of Fulton's residents live in Whiteside County, which had 54,657 residents in 2024. Fulton holds 6.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Fulton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fulton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 61252. 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 Fulton is

The Census internal point of Fulton is at 41.865200, -90.158700. Springfield, the capital, is 146.4 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Clinton, IA (24,118 people), 4.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Davenport, IA, 31.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.865200, -90.158700
DMS
41°51'54.72"N 90°09'31.32"W
UTM
15N 735816.4E 4638713.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HFVR8R+3G

Daylight in Fulton

At 41.87° N, Fulton gets about 15 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Fulton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Thomson, 7.9 miles away, with 1,595 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Fulton, IL?

3,581 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 66 (1.8%) from 3,647 in July 2020.

What county is Fulton in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Fulton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61252.

How far is Fulton from Springfield?

146.4 miles (235.7 km) in a straight line, heading S from Fulton.

What is the nearest larger city to Fulton?

Clinton, IA, with 24,118 residents, 4.6 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.

  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.