Illinois · Census place 1760222
Pittsfield, Illinois
Pittsfield is a city in Pike County, Illinois with an estimated 4,048 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 367th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,048
- #367 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- -3.0%
- -125 people
- Land area
- 4.8 sq mi
- + 0.39 sq mi water
- Density
- 847 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
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Pittsfield population, 2020 to 2024
Pittsfield lost 125 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.0%. In the latest year it moved by -31.
Pittsfield covers 4.78 square miles of land and 0.39 of water, for 847 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Pittsfield is less dense than the typical town.
What county Pittsfield is in
All of Pittsfield's residents live in Pike County, which had 14,258 residents in 2024. Pittsfield holds 28.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Pittsfield
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pittsfield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 62363. 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 Pittsfield is
The Census internal point of Pittsfield is at 39.600500, -90.810100. Springfield, the capital, is 62.9 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bowling Green, MO (4,380 people), 27.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, IL, 63.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.600500, -90.810100
- DMS
- 39°36'1.80"N 90°48'36.36"W
- UTM
- 15N 688022.7E 4385709.2N
- Geohash
- 9zp3m941e
- Plus code
- 86FFJ52Q+6X
Daylight in Pittsfield
At 39.60° N, Pittsfield 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 Pittsfield
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Griggsville, 8.6 miles away, with 1,051 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Pittsfield, IL?
4,048 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 125 (3.0%) from 4,173 in July 2020.
What county is Pittsfield in?
Pike County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Pittsfield?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 62363.
How far is Pittsfield from Springfield?
62.9 miles (101.3 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Pittsfield.
What is the nearest larger city to Pittsfield?
Bowling Green, MO, with 4,380 residents, 27.4 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.