Herrin, Illinois

Herrin population, 2020 to 2024

Herrin lost 92 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +61. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 156th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Herrin is 83% of it.

Herrin covers 9.67 square miles of land and 0.25 of water, for 1,267 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Herrin is less dense than the typical town.

What county Herrin is in

All of Herrin's residents live in Williamson County, which had 67,064 residents in 2024. Herrin holds 18.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Herrin

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Herrin by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 62933, 62948. 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 Herrin is

The Census internal point of Herrin is at 37.798400, -89.030600. Springfield, the capital, is 141.0 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Marion, IL (17,021 people), 6.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Evansville, IN, 82.6 miles away.

Daylight in Herrin

At 37.80° N, Herrin gets about 14 h 47 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Herrin

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Crainville, 3.5 miles away, with 1,493 people.