Illinois · Census place 1769342
Sherman, Illinois
Sherman is a village in Sangamon County, Illinois with an estimated 4,634 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 344th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,634
- #344 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- -0.8%
- -37 people
- Land area
- 3.1 sq mi
- + 0.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,476 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
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Sherman population, 2020 to 2024
Sherman lost 37 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +17.
Sherman covers 3.14 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,476 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Sherman is less dense than the typical town.
What county Sherman is in
All of Sherman's residents live in Sangamon County, which had 194,345 residents in 2024. Sherman holds 2.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Sherman
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Sherman by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 62684, 62707. 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 Sherman is
The Census internal point of Sherman is at 39.890300, -89.604500. Springfield, the capital, is 7.9 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Springfield, IL (112,949 people), 7.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.890300, -89.604500
- DMS
- 39°53'25.08"N 89°36'16.20"W
- UTM
- 16N 277311.5E 4418828.9N
- Geohash
- dp06bvzcz
- Plus code
- 86FGV9RW+45
Daylight in Sherman
At 39.89° N, Sherman gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Sherman
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Riverton, 4.7 miles away, with 3,489 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Sherman, IL?
4,634 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 37 (0.8%) from 4,671 in July 2020.
What county is Sherman in?
Sangamon County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Sherman?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 62684, 62707.
How far is Sherman from Springfield?
7.9 miles (12.8 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Sherman.
What is the nearest larger city to Sherman?
Springfield, IL, with 112,949 residents, 7.1 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.