Illinois · Census place 1761977
Prophetstown, Illinois
Prophetstown is a city in Whiteside County, Illinois with an estimated 1,906 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 485th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,906
- #485 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- -1.7%
- -32 people
- Land area
- 1.3 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,422 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
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Prophetstown population, 2020 to 2024
Prophetstown lost 32 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +3.
Prophetstown covers 1.34 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,422 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Prophetstown is less dense than the typical town.
What county Prophetstown is in
All of Prophetstown's residents live in Whiteside County, which had 54,657 residents in 2024. Prophetstown holds 3.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Prophetstown
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Prophetstown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 61277. 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 Prophetstown is
The Census internal point of Prophetstown is at 41.669700, -89.934700. Springfield, the capital, is 131.3 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Morrison, IL (3,988 people), 9.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Davenport, IA, 35.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.669700, -89.934700
- DMS
- 41°40'10.92"N 89°56'4.92"W
- UTM
- 16N 255689.7E 4617266.1N
- Geohash
- dp2j13xx9
- Plus code
- 86HGM398+V4
Daylight in Prophetstown
At 41.67° N, Prophetstown gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Prophetstown
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Erie, 7.6 miles away, with 1,491 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Prophetstown, IL?
1,906 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 32 (1.7%) from 1,938 in July 2020.
What county is Prophetstown in?
Whiteside County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Prophetstown?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61277.
How far is Prophetstown from Springfield?
131.3 miles (211.4 km) in a straight line, heading S from Prophetstown.
What is the nearest larger city to Prophetstown?
Morrison, IL, with 3,988 residents, 9.6 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.