Lincoln, Illinois

Lincoln population, 2020 to 2024

Lincoln lost 198 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.5%. In the latest year it moved by +5. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 194th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Lincoln is 88% of it.

Lincoln covers 6.25 square miles of land, for 2,088 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Lincoln is close to the typical town.

What county Lincoln is in

All of Lincoln's residents live in Logan County, which had 27,518 residents in 2024. Lincoln holds 47.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lincoln

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lincoln by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 62656. 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 Lincoln is

The Census internal point of Lincoln is at 40.150700, -89.370300. Springfield, the capital, is 29.5 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Springfield, IL (112,949 people), 28.8 miles away.

Daylight in Lincoln

At 40.15° N, Lincoln gets about 15 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lincoln

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Atlanta, 10.7 miles away, with 1,634 people.