Illinois · Census place 1758174

Pawnee, Illinois

Pawnee is a village in Sangamon County, Illinois with an estimated 2,698 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 431st largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,698
#431 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
+0.6%
+15 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
Density
2,029 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Pawnee. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

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Pawnee population, 2020 to 2024

Pawnee added 15 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.6%. In the latest year it moved by -4.

2,68320202,73020212,70720222,70220232,6982024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,687. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Pawnee covers 1.33 square miles of land, for 2,029 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Pawnee is close to the typical town.

What county Pawnee is in

All of Pawnee's residents live in Sangamon County, which had 194,345 residents in 2024. Pawnee holds 1.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pawnee

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pawnee by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 62558. 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 Pawnee is

The Census internal point of Pawnee is at 39.593700, -89.584600. Springfield, the capital, is 13.4 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Chatham, IL (14,639 people), 8.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, IL, 14.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.593700, -89.584600
DMS
39°35'37.32"N 89°35'4.56"W
UTM
16N 278063.0E 4385855.0N
Geohash
dp031ry6p
Plus code
86FGHCV8+F5

Daylight in Pawnee

At 39.59° N, Pawnee gets about 14 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pawnee

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Divernon, 4.0 miles away, with 1,116 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Pawnee, IL?

2,698 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 15 (0.6%) from 2,683 in July 2020.

What county is Pawnee in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Pawnee?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 62558.

How far is Pawnee from Springfield?

13.4 miles (21.6 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Pawnee.

What is the nearest larger city to Pawnee?

Chatham, IL, with 14,639 residents, 8.0 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.

  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.