Sesser, Illinois

Sesser population, 2020 to 2024

Sesser lost 17 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +11.

Sesser covers 1.05 square miles of land, for 1,787 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Sesser is less dense than the typical town.

What county Sesser is in

All of Sesser's residents live in Franklin County, which had 37,033 residents in 2024. Sesser holds 5.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Sesser

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sesser by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 62884. 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 Sesser is

The Census internal point of Sesser is at 38.090300, -89.050800. Springfield, the capital, is 121.2 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Christopher, IL (2,621 people), 8.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 74.9 miles away.

Daylight in Sesser

At 38.09° N, Sesser gets about 14 h 49 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 31 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sesser

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Christopher, 8.2 miles away, with 2,621 people.