Illinois · Census place 1756237
Oquawka, Illinois
Oquawka is a village in Henderson County, Illinois with an estimated 1,074 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 634th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,074
- #634 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- -4.9%
- -55 people
- Land area
- 1.5 sq mi
- + 0.39 sq mi water
- Density
- 731 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
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Oquawka population, 2020 to 2024
Oquawka lost 55 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.9%. In the latest year it moved by -11.
Oquawka covers 1.47 square miles of land and 0.39 of water, for 731 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Oquawka is less dense than the typical town.
What county Oquawka is in
All of Oquawka's residents live in Henderson County, which had 6,048 residents in 2024. Oquawka holds 17.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Oquawka
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Oquawka by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 61469. 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 Oquawka is
The Census internal point of Oquawka is at 40.937500, -90.949500. Springfield, the capital, is 105.2 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mediapolis, IA (1,679 people), 12.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Davenport, IA, 46.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.937500, -90.949500
- DMS
- 40°56'15.00"N 90°56'58.20"W
- UTM
- 15N 672618.3E 4533843.4N
- Geohash
- 9zr2fkkw5
- Plus code
- 86GFW3Q2+26
Daylight in Oquawka
At 40.94° N, Oquawka 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 Oquawka
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Monmouth, 16.1 miles away, with 8,639 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Oquawka, IL?
1,074 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 55 (4.9%) from 1,129 in July 2020.
What county is Oquawka in?
Henderson County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Oquawka?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61469.
How far is Oquawka from Springfield?
105.2 miles (169.3 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Oquawka.
What is the nearest larger city to Oquawka?
Mediapolis, IA, with 1,679 residents, 12.2 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.