Illinois · Census place 1773495

Sullivan, Illinois

Sullivan is a city in Moultrie County, Illinois with an estimated 4,298 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 359th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,298
#359 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-2.3%
-103 people
Land area
2.8 sq mi
Density
1,552 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Sullivan. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Sullivan population, 2020 to 2024

Sullivan lost 103 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.3%. In the latest year it moved by +35.

4,40120204,41720214,28620224,26320234,2982024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,411. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sullivan covers 2.77 square miles of land, for 1,552 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Sullivan is less dense than the typical town.

What county Sullivan is in

All of Sullivan's residents live in Moultrie County, which had 14,365 residents in 2024. Sullivan holds 29.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Sullivan

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sullivan by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 61951. 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 Sullivan is

The Census internal point of Sullivan is at 39.595200, -88.608900. Springfield, the capital, is 56.8 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mattoon, IL (16,602 people), 15.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, IL, 56.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.595200, -88.608900
DMS
39°35'42.72"N 88°36'32.04"W
UTM
16N 361853.8E 4384066.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
86FHH9WR+3C

Daylight in Sullivan

At 39.60° N, Sullivan gets about 14 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sullivan

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Bethany, 7.8 miles away, with 1,198 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sullivan, IL?

4,298 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 103 (2.3%) from 4,401 in July 2020.

What county is Sullivan in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Sullivan?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61951.

How far is Sullivan from Springfield?

56.8 miles (91.4 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Sullivan.

What is the nearest larger city to Sullivan?

Mattoon, IL, with 16,602 residents, 15.5 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.