Girard, Illinois

Girard population, 2020 to 2024

Girard lost 41 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.3%. In the latest year it moved by -8.

Girard covers 0.93 square miles of land, for 1,903 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Girard is less dense than the typical town.

What county Girard is in

All of Girard's residents live in Macoupin County, which had 43,895 residents in 2024. Girard holds 4.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Girard

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Girard by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 62640. 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 Girard is

The Census internal point of Girard is at 39.446600, -89.782000. Springfield, the capital, is 24.1 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Virden, IL (3,147 people), 4.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, IL, 24.9 miles away.

Daylight in Girard

At 39.45° N, Girard gets about 14 h 57 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 23 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Girard

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Virden, 4.2 miles away, with 3,147 people.