Waukegan, Illinois

Waukegan population, 2020 to 2024

Waukegan lost 552 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.6%. In the latest year it moved by +249. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 153rd; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Waukegan is 6.0 times that size.

Waukegan covers 24.26 square miles of land and 0.26 of water, for 3,651 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Waukegan is denser than the typical town.

What county Waukegan is in

All of Waukegan's residents live in Lake County, which had 718,604 residents in 2024. Waukegan holds 12.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Waukegan

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Waukegan by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 60048, 60085, 60087. 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 Waukegan is

The Census internal point of Waukegan is at 42.369400, -87.870900. Springfield, the capital, is 201.4 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kenosha, WI (99,578 people), 15.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Elgin, IL, 32.6 miles away.

Daylight in Waukegan

At 42.37° N, Waukegan gets about 15 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 04 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 Waukegan

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Park City, 1.5 miles away, with 7,940 people.