Illinois · Census place 1764707

Robinson, Illinois

Robinson is a city in Crawford County, Illinois with an estimated 7,053 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 279th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,053
#279 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-1.2%
-86 people
Land area
4.7 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
1,501 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Robinson. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Robinson population, 2020 to 2024

Robinson lost 86 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +27. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 178th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Robinson is 48% of it.

7,13920207,14520217,08920227,02620237,0532024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 7,147. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Robinson covers 4.70 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,501 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Robinson is less dense than the typical town.

What county Robinson is in

All of Robinson's residents live in Crawford County, which had 18,388 residents in 2024. Robinson holds 38.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Robinson

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Robinson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 62454. 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 Robinson is

The Census internal point of Robinson is at 39.008600, -87.733400. Springfield, the capital, is 115.4 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Vincennes, IN (16,506 people), 25.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Evansville, IN, 71.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.008600, -87.733400
DMS
39°00'30.96"N 87°44'0.24"W
UTM
16N 436500.9E 4317986.7N
Geohash
dnctgt63x
Plus code
86FJ2758+CJ

Daylight in Robinson

At 39.01° N, Robinson 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 Robinson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Palestine, 6.5 miles away, with 1,207 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Robinson, IL?

7,053 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 86 (1.2%) from 7,139 in July 2020.

What county is Robinson in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Robinson?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 62454.

How far is Robinson from Springfield?

115.4 miles (185.7 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Robinson.

What is the nearest larger city to Robinson?

Vincennes, IN, with 16,506 residents, 25.9 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.