Illinois · Census place 1728963

Georgetown, Illinois

Georgetown is a city in Vermilion County, Illinois with an estimated 3,001 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 415th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,001
#415 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-4.2%
-132 people
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
1,852 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Georgetown. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Georgetown population, 2020 to 2024

Georgetown lost 132 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.2%. In the latest year it moved by -20.

3,13320203,09620213,04720223,02120233,0012024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,143. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Georgetown covers 1.62 square miles of land, for 1,852 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Georgetown is less dense than the typical town.

What county Georgetown is in

All of Georgetown's residents live in Vermilion County, which had 71,106 residents in 2024. Georgetown holds 4.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Georgetown

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Georgetown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 61846. 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 Georgetown is

The Census internal point of Georgetown is at 39.977400, -87.635400. Springfield, the capital, is 107.7 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Westville, IL (3,035 people), 4.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Carmel, IN, 78.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.977400, -87.635400
DMS
39°58'38.64"N 87°38'7.44"W
UTM
16N 445744.4E 4425442.1N
Geohash
dp1emv9v5
Plus code
86FJX9G7+XR

Daylight in Georgetown

At 39.98° N, Georgetown gets about 15 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Georgetown

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Westville, 4.6 miles away, with 3,035 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Georgetown, IL?

3,001 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 132 (4.2%) from 3,133 in July 2020.

What county is Georgetown in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Georgetown?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61846.

How far is Georgetown from Springfield?

107.7 miles (173.3 km) in a straight line, heading W from Georgetown.

What is the nearest larger city to Georgetown?

Westville, IL, with 3,035 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.