Palestine, Illinois

Palestine population, 2020 to 2024

Palestine lost 22 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by +1.

Palestine covers 0.79 square miles of land, for 1,528 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Palestine is less dense than the typical town.

What county Palestine is in

All of Palestine's residents live in Crawford County, which had 18,388 residents in 2024. Palestine holds 6.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Palestine

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Palestine by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 62451. 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 Palestine is

The Census internal point of Palestine is at 39.001600, -87.612600. Springfield, the capital, is 121.4 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Robinson, IL (7,053 people), 6.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Evansville, IN, 70.2 miles away.

Daylight in Palestine

At 39.00° N, Palestine gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Palestine

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Robinson, 6.5 miles away, with 7,053 people.