Illinois · Census place 1751700
Nashville, Illinois
Nashville is a city in Washington County, Illinois with an estimated 3,006 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 414th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,006
- #414 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- -2.9%
- -91 people
- Land area
- 3.1 sq mi
- + 0.09 sq mi water
- Density
- 976 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
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Nashville population, 2020 to 2024
Nashville lost 91 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.9%. In the latest year it moved by -19.
Nashville covers 3.08 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 976 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Nashville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Nashville is in
All of Nashville's residents live in Washington County, which had 13,535 residents in 2024. Nashville holds 22.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Nashville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Nashville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 62263. 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 Nashville is
The Census internal point of Nashville is at 38.353600, -89.378000. Springfield, the capital, is 99.7 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Centralia, IL (11,787 people), 18.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 50.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.353600, -89.378000
- DMS
- 38°21'12.96"N 89°22'40.80"W
- UTM
- 16N 292210.6E 4247725.4N
- Geohash
- dnb6nnhcv
- Plus code
- 86CG9J3C+CR
Daylight in Nashville
At 38.35° N, Nashville gets about 14 h 51 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 30 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Nashville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Okawville, 10.8 miles away, with 1,347 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Nashville, IL?
3,006 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 91 (2.9%) from 3,097 in July 2020.
What county is Nashville in?
Washington County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Nashville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 62263.
How far is Nashville from Springfield?
99.7 miles (160.4 km) in a straight line, heading N from Nashville.
What is the nearest larger city to Nashville?
Centralia, IL, with 11,787 residents, 18.0 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.