Illinois · Census place 1770850

South Holland, Illinois

South Holland is a village in Cook County, Illinois with an estimated 20,775 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 118th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
20,775
#118 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-2.9%
-613 people
Land area
7.2 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
2,869 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: South Holland. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

South Holland population, 2020 to 2024

South Holland lost 613 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.9%. In the latest year it moved by +125. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 285th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so South Holland is 1.4 times that size.

21.4k202021.0k202120.7k202220.7k202320.8k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 21,470. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

South Holland covers 7.24 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 2,869 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so South Holland is denser than the typical town.

What county South Holland is in

All of South Holland's residents live in Cook County, which had 5,182,617 residents in 2024. South Holland holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in South Holland

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps South Holland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60473. 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 South Holland is

The Census internal point of South Holland is at 41.598400, -87.602700. Springfield, the capital, is 165.1 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Calumet City, IL (34,855 people), 3.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chicago, IL, 17.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.598400, -87.602700
DMS
41°35'54.24"N 87°36'9.72"W
UTM
16N 449773.1E 4605364.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HJH9XW+9W

Daylight in South Holland

At 41.60° N, South Holland gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near South Holland

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Phoenix, 1.7 miles away, with 1,650 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of South Holland, IL?

20,775 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 613 (2.9%) from 21,388 in July 2020.

What county is South Holland in?

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

What ZIP codes cover South Holland?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60473.

How far is South Holland from Springfield?

165.1 miles (265.8 km) in a straight line, heading SW from South Holland.

What is the nearest larger city to South Holland?

Calumet City, IL, with 34,855 residents, 3.3 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.