Illinois · Census place 1734163

Henry, Illinois

Henry is a city in Marshall County, Illinois with an estimated 2,298 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 454th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,298
#454 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-1.8%
-42 people
Land area
1.8 sq mi
+ 0.07 sq mi water
Density
1,277 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Henry. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Henry population, 2020 to 2024

Henry lost 42 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by -22.

2,34020202,33020212,32620222,32020232,2982024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,335. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Henry covers 1.80 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 1,277 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Henry is less dense than the typical town.

What county Henry is in

All of Henry's residents live in Marshall County, which had 11,552 residents in 2024. Henry holds 19.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Henry

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Henry by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 61537. 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 Henry is

The Census internal point of Henry is at 41.117400, -89.357300. Springfield, the capital, is 93.6 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Chillicothe, IL (6,052 people), 15.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Peoria, IL, 28.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.117400, -89.357300
DMS
41°07'2.64"N 89°21'26.28"W
UTM
16N 302092.0E 4554467.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HG4J8V+X3

Daylight in Henry

At 41.12° N, Henry gets about 15 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Henry

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Lacon, 7.0 miles away, with 1,838 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Henry, IL?

2,298 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 42 (1.8%) from 2,340 in July 2020.

What county is Henry in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Henry?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61537.

How far is Henry from Springfield?

93.6 miles (150.7 km) in a straight line, heading S from Henry.

What is the nearest larger city to Henry?

Chillicothe, IL, with 6,052 residents, 15.8 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.