Illinois · Census place 1728846

Geneseo, Illinois

Geneseo is a city in Henry County, Illinois with an estimated 6,503 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 294th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,503
#294 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-0.6%
-40 people
Land area
4.7 sq mi
Density
1,381 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Geneseo. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Geneseo population, 2020 to 2024

Geneseo lost 40 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.6%. In the latest year it moved by -14. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 152nd; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Geneseo is 44% of it.

6,54320206,51520216,53820226,51720236,5032024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,538. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Geneseo covers 4.71 square miles of land, for 1,381 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Geneseo is less dense than the typical town.

What county Geneseo is in

All of Geneseo's residents live in Henry County, which had 48,177 residents in 2024. Geneseo holds 13.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Geneseo

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Geneseo by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 61254. 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 Geneseo is

The Census internal point of Geneseo is at 41.451300, -90.154800. Springfield, the capital, is 118.4 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is East Moline, IL (20,995 people), 13.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Davenport, IA, 24.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.451300, -90.154800
DMS
41°27'4.68"N 90°09'17.28"W
UTM
15N 737658.3E 4592765.6N
Geohash
9zrgu3zr2
Plus code
86HFFR2W+G3

Daylight in Geneseo

At 41.45° N, Geneseo gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Geneseo

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Colona, 9.3 miles away, with 4,960 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Geneseo, IL?

6,503 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 40 (0.6%) from 6,543 in July 2020.

What county is Geneseo in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Geneseo?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61254.

How far is Geneseo from Springfield?

118.4 miles (190.6 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Geneseo.

What is the nearest larger city to Geneseo?

East Moline, IL, with 20,995 residents, 13.0 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.