Illinois · Census place 1756484

Oregon, Illinois

Oregon is a city in Ogle County, Illinois with an estimated 3,570 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 393rd largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,570
#393 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-1.7%
-60 people
Land area
1.9 sq mi
+ 0.07 sq mi water
Density
1,850 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Oregon. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Oregon population, 2020 to 2024

Oregon lost 60 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by -14.

3,63020203,60820213,59520223,58420233,5702024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,636. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Oregon covers 1.93 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 1,850 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Oregon is less dense than the typical town.

What county Oregon is in

All of Oregon's residents live in Ogle County, which had 51,345 residents in 2024. Oregon holds 7.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Oregon

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Oregon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 61061. 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 Oregon is

The Census internal point of Oregon is at 42.012700, -89.335800. Springfield, the capital, is 155.1 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Byron, IL (3,764 people), 8.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rockford, IL, 22.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.012700, -89.335800
DMS
42°00'45.72"N 89°20'8.88"W
UTM
16N 306587.4E 4653825.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
86JG2M77+3M

Daylight in Oregon

At 42.01° N, Oregon gets about 15 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 08 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Oregon

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Mount Morris, 5.4 miles away, with 2,792 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Oregon, IL?

3,570 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 60 (1.7%) from 3,630 in July 2020.

What county is Oregon in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Oregon?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61061.

How far is Oregon from Springfield?

155.1 miles (249.6 km) in a straight line, heading S from Oregon.

What is the nearest larger city to Oregon?

Byron, IL, with 3,764 residents, 8.3 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.