Wisconsin · Census place 5506500
Beloit, Wisconsin
Beloit is a city in Rock County, Wisconsin with an estimated 36,633 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 23rd largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 36,633
- #23 of 370 in Wisconsin
- Change since 2020
- -0.2%
- -88 people
- Land area
- 17.4 sq mi
- + 0.33 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,109 / sq mi
- State median 1,583
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Beloit population, 2020 to 2024
Beloit lost 88 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +146. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 109th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Beloit is 2.9 times that size.
Beloit covers 17.37 square miles of land and 0.33 of water, for 2,109 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Beloit is denser than the typical town.
What county Beloit is in
All of Beloit's residents live in Rock County, which had 165,461 residents in 2024. Beloit holds 22.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Beloit
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Beloit by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 53511. 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 Beloit is
The Census internal point of Beloit is at 42.523500, -89.017700. Madison, the capital, is 42.4 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Janesville, WI (66,428 people), 11.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rockford, IL, 18.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.523500, -89.017700
- DMS
- 42°31'24.60"N 89°01'3.72"W
- UTM
- 16N 334272.5E 4709875.2N
- Geohash
- dp89ym5m3
- Plus code
- 86JGGXFJ+CW
Daylight in Beloit
At 42.52° N, Beloit gets about 15 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Beloit
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Clinton, 8.0 miles away, with 2,302 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Beloit, WI?
36,633 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 88 (0.2%) from 36,721 in July 2020.
What county is Beloit in?
Rock County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Beloit?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 53511.
How far is Beloit from Madison?
42.4 miles (68.2 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Beloit.
What is the nearest larger city to Beloit?
Janesville, WI, with 66,428 residents, 11.1 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.