Illinois · Census place 1745044
Lovington, Illinois
Lovington is a village in Moultrie County, Illinois with an estimated 1,020 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 647th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,020
- #647 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- -4.0%
- -42 people
- Land area
- 0.5 sq mi
- Density
- 1,889 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
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Lovington population, 2020 to 2024
Lovington lost 42 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.0%. In the latest year it moved by -2.
Lovington covers 0.54 square miles of land, for 1,889 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Lovington is less dense than the typical town.
What county Lovington is in
All of Lovington's residents live in Moultrie County, which had 14,365 residents in 2024. Lovington holds 7.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Lovington
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lovington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 61937. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Lovington is
The Census internal point of Lovington is at 39.715100, -88.633700. Springfield, the capital, is 54.2 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bethany, IL (1,198 people), 7.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, IL, 53.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.715100, -88.633700
- DMS
- 39°42'54.36"N 88°38'1.32"W
- UTM
- 16N 359966.5E 4397412.7N
- Geohash
- dp0czjfvj
- Plus code
- 86FHP988+2G
Daylight in Lovington
At 39.72° N, Lovington gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Lovington
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Bethany, 7.5 miles away, with 1,198 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Lovington, IL?
1,020 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 42 (4.0%) from 1,062 in July 2020.
What county is Lovington in?
Moultrie County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Lovington?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61937.
How far is Lovington from Springfield?
54.2 miles (87.2 km) in a straight line, heading W from Lovington.
What is the nearest larger city to Lovington?
Bethany, IL, with 1,198 residents, 7.5 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.