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Edgar County, Illinois

A county in Illinois, ranked 64 of 102 by population.

CountyFIPS 17045

Within Illinois
Edgar County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Paris, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
16,323
-483 (-2.9%) since 2020
Land area
623.3
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
26.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Paris
Seat of county government.
Established
1823
202 years ago
Largest city
Paris city
Population 8,026.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Edgar County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Edgar County, Illinois from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 677 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Edgar County ranks

Position among the 102 counties of Illinois, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn IllinoisNationally
Population16,32364th of 1022,015th of 3,144
Land area623.3 sq mi31st of 1021,547th of 3,144
Population density26.2 per sq mi82nd of 1022,033rd of 3,144
Median household income$59,94185th of 1022,090th of 3,143

Full data for Edgar County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population16,323Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202016,806Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?16,874Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area623.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.60 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area623.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?26.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$59,941American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$97,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age46.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,567American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,214American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-139
139 births, 278 deaths
Net migration
+81
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Edgar County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Vermilion CountyIllinois25 mi71,259
Clark CountyIllinois24 mi15,114
Vermillion CountyIndiana19 mi15,488
Douglas CountyIllinois15 mi19,880
Coles CountyIllinois14 mi46,607
Vigo CountyIndiana9.0 mi106,512
Champaign CountyIllinoisa single point209,972

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 102 counties of Illinois

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.