Illinois · Census place 1784155
Zeigler, Illinois
Zeigler is a city in Franklin County, Illinois with an estimated 1,465 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 544th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,465
- #544 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- -1.1%
- -16 people
- Land area
- 1.4 sq mi
- Density
- 1,077 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
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Zeigler population, 2020 to 2024
Zeigler lost 16 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by -2.
Zeigler covers 1.36 square miles of land, for 1,077 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Zeigler is less dense than the typical town.
What county Zeigler is in
All of Zeigler's residents live in Franklin County, which had 37,033 residents in 2024. Zeigler holds 4.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Zeigler
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Zeigler by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 62865, 62999. 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 Zeigler is
The Census internal point of Zeigler is at 37.905700, -89.053300. Springfield, the capital, is 133.5 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Christopher, IL (2,621 people), 4.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 82.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.905700, -89.053300
- DMS
- 37°54'20.52"N 89°03'11.88"W
- UTM
- 16N 319485.6E 4197340.0N
- Geohash
- dn8xts92e
- Plus code
- 869GWW4W+7M
Daylight in Zeigler
At 37.91° N, Zeigler gets about 14 h 48 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 32 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Zeigler
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Royalton, 3.8 miles away, with 1,043 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Zeigler, IL?
1,465 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 16 (1.1%) from 1,481 in July 2020.
What county is Zeigler in?
Franklin County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Zeigler?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 62865, 62999.
How far is Zeigler from Springfield?
133.5 miles (214.8 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Zeigler.
What is the nearest larger city to Zeigler?
Christopher, IL, with 2,621 residents, 4.5 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.