Illinois · Census place 1733383
Harvey, Illinois
Harvey is a city in Cook County, Illinois with an estimated 19,781 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 124th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 19,781
- #124 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- -2.3%
- -465 people
- Land area
- 6.2 sq mi
- Density
- 3,185 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
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Harvey population, 2020 to 2024
Harvey lost 465 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.3%. In the latest year it moved by +234. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 237th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Harvey is 1.3 times that size.
Harvey covers 6.21 square miles of land, for 3,185 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Harvey is denser than the typical town.
What county Harvey is in
All of Harvey's residents live in Cook County, which had 5,182,617 residents in 2024. Harvey holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Harvey
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Harvey by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 60426. 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 Harvey is
The Census internal point of Harvey is at 41.607600, -87.652000. Springfield, the capital, is 164.0 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is South Holland, IL (20,775 people), 2.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chicago, IL, 16.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.607600, -87.652000
- DMS
- 41°36'27.36"N 87°39'7.20"W
- UTM
- 16N 445672.3E 4606415.3N
- Geohash
- dp3stqmvb
- Plus code
- 86HJJ85X+26
Daylight in Harvey
At 41.61° N, Harvey gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Harvey
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Phoenix, 1.1 miles away, with 1,650 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Harvey, IL?
19,781 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 465 (2.3%) from 20,246 in July 2020.
What county is Harvey in?
Cook County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Harvey?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60426.
How far is Harvey from Springfield?
164.0 miles (263.9 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Harvey.
What is the nearest larger city to Harvey?
South Holland, IL, with 20,775 residents, 2.6 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.