Illinois · Census place 1750010

Monmouth, Illinois

Monmouth is a city in Warren County, Illinois with an estimated 8,639 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 249th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
8,639
#249 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-3.1%
-277 people
Land area
4.2 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
2,038 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Monmouth. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Monmouth population, 2020 to 2024

Monmouth lost 277 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.1%. In the latest year it moved by +36. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 312th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Monmouth is 59% of it.

8,91620208,78920218,67720228,60320238,6392024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 8,924. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Monmouth covers 4.24 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 2,038 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Monmouth is close to the typical town.

What county Monmouth is in

All of Monmouth's residents live in Warren County, which had 16,217 residents in 2024. Monmouth holds 53.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Monmouth

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Monmouth by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 61462. 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 Monmouth is

The Census internal point of Monmouth is at 40.914200, -90.643100. Springfield, the capital, is 94.2 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Galesburg, IL (29,289 people), 14.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Davenport, IA, 44.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.914200, -90.643100
DMS
40°54'51.12"N 90°38'35.16"W
UTM
15N 698483.8E 4531907.0N
Geohash
9zr8c25wq
Plus code
86GFW974+MQ

Daylight in Monmouth

At 40.91° N, Monmouth gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Monmouth

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Galesburg, 14.1 miles away, with 29,289 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Monmouth, IL?

8,639 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 277 (3.1%) from 8,916 in July 2020.

What county is Monmouth in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Monmouth?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61462.

How far is Monmouth from Springfield?

94.2 miles (151.5 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Monmouth.

What is the nearest larger city to Monmouth?

Galesburg, IL, with 29,289 residents, 14.1 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.