Illinois · Census place 1750491

Morris, Illinois

Morris is a city in Grundy County, Illinois with an estimated 14,587 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 168th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
14,587
#168 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
+2.5%
+354 people
Land area
12.4 sq mi
+ 0.36 sq mi water
Density
1,177 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Morris. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Morris population, 2020 to 2024

Morris added 354 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.5%. In the latest year it moved by +59. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 37th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Morris is 99% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 14,203. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Morris covers 12.39 square miles of land and 0.36 of water, for 1,177 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Morris is less dense than the typical town.

What county Morris is in

All of Morris's residents live in Grundy County, which had 53,835 residents in 2024. Morris holds 27.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Morris

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Morris by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 60450. 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 Morris is

The Census internal point of Morris is at 41.380200, -88.424300. Springfield, the capital, is 127.8 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Shorewood, IL (18,522 people), 14.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Joliet, IL, 17.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.380200, -88.424300
DMS
41°22'48.72"N 88°25'27.48"W
UTM
16N 380903.6E 4581942.9N
Geohash
dp357v53h
Plus code
86HH9HJG+37

Daylight in Morris

At 41.38° N, Morris gets about 15 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 59 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Morris

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Minooka, 8.6 miles away, with 12,907 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Morris, IL?

14,587 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 354 (2.5%) from 14,233 in July 2020.

What county is Morris in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Morris?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60450.

How far is Morris from Springfield?

127.8 miles (205.8 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Morris.

What is the nearest larger city to Morris?

Shorewood, IL, with 18,522 residents, 14.4 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.