Illinois · Census place 1773170

Streator, Illinois

Streator is a city in 2 counties of Illinois with an estimated 12,295 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 194th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
12,295
#194 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-1.7%
-215 people
Land area
7.3 sq mi
+ 0.07 sq mi water
Density
1,680 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Streator. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Springfield.

Streator population, 2020 to 2024

Streator lost 215 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by -22. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 205th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Streator is 83% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 12,545. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Streator covers 7.32 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 1,680 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Streator is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Streator spans

Streator crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 12,295 residents as follows; LaSalle County holds 99.4% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01LaSalle County12,218
  2. 02Livingston County77
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Streator

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Streator by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 61364. 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 Streator is

The Census internal point of Streator is at 41.125000, -88.829600. Springfield, the capital, is 102.4 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ottawa, IL (18,775 people), 15.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Joliet, IL, 44.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.125000, -88.829600
DMS
41°07'30.00"N 88°49'46.56"W
UTM
16N 346415.3E 4554246.5N
Geohash
dp2cfws62
Plus code
86HH45GC+25

Daylight in Streator

At 41.13° N, Streator gets about 15 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Streator

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Marseilles, 13.3 miles away, with 4,779 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Streator, IL?

12,295 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 215 (1.7%) from 12,510 in July 2020.

What county is Streator in?

It spans 2 counties: LaSalle County (12,218 residents), Livingston County (77 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Streator?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61364.

How far is Streator from Springfield?

102.4 miles (164.8 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Streator.

What is the nearest larger city to Streator?

Ottawa, IL, with 18,775 residents, 15.8 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.