Illinois · Census place 1772780

Stockton, Illinois

Stockton is a village in Jo Daviess County, Illinois with an estimated 1,668 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 512th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,668
#512 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-3.6%
-63 people
Land area
1.9 sq mi
Density
887 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Stockton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

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Stockton population, 2020 to 2024

Stockton lost 63 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.6%. In the latest year it moved by -22.

1,73120201,72020211,70420221,69020231,6682024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,731. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Stockton covers 1.88 square miles of land, for 887 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Stockton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Stockton is in

All of Stockton's residents live in Jo Daviess County, which had 21,528 residents in 2024. Stockton holds 7.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Stockton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Stockton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 61085. 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 Stockton is

The Census internal point of Stockton is at 42.352500, -90.002000. Springfield, the capital, is 178.6 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lena, IL (2,666 people), 9.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rockford, IL, 48.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.352500, -90.002000
DMS
42°21'9.00"N 90°00'7.20"W
UTM
15N 746922.8E 4693269.3N
Geohash
9zxbzyn91
Plus code
86JF9X3X+25

Daylight in Stockton

At 42.35° N, Stockton gets about 15 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Stockton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Lena, 9.4 miles away, with 2,666 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Stockton, IL?

1,668 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 63 (3.6%) from 1,731 in July 2020.

What county is Stockton in?

Jo Daviess County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Stockton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61085.

How far is Stockton from Springfield?

178.6 miles (287.5 km) in a straight line, heading S from Stockton.

What is the nearest larger city to Stockton?

Lena, IL, with 2,666 residents, 9.4 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.