Illinois · Census place 1783518

Worth, Illinois

Worth is a village in Cook County, Illinois with an estimated 10,660 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 215th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
10,660
#215 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-2.5%
-274 people
Land area
2.4 sq mi
Density
4,498 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Worth. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Worth population, 2020 to 2024

Worth lost 274 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.5%. In the latest year it moved by +73. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 250th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Worth is 72% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 10,975. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Worth covers 2.37 square miles of land, for 4,498 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Worth is denser than the typical town.

What county Worth is in

All of Worth's residents live in Cook County, which had 5,182,617 residents in 2024. Worth holds 0.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Worth

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Worth by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60482. 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 Worth is

The Census internal point of Worth is at 41.688200, -87.792600. Springfield, the capital, is 163.8 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Chicago Ridge, IL (14,036 people), 1.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chicago, IL, 11.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.688200, -87.792600
DMS
41°41'17.52"N 87°47'33.36"W
UTM
16N 434039.0E 4615461.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HJM6Q4+7X

Daylight in Worth

At 41.69° N, Worth gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Worth

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Chicago Ridge, 1.2 miles away, with 14,036 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Worth, IL?

10,660 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 274 (2.5%) from 10,934 in July 2020.

What county is Worth in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Worth?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60482.

How far is Worth from Springfield?

163.8 miles (263.5 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Worth.

What is the nearest larger city to Worth?

Chicago Ridge, IL, with 14,036 residents, 1.2 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.