Benton, Illinois Population History 1990 - 2017
Latest Data (2017)
| Population | 6,964 |
| Nationwide Rank | 3919 |
Quick Facts
Benton, Illinois is the 3,919th largest city in the United States as of 2017.
Benton, Illinois is a city.
Benton, Illinois is currently 3.9% smaller than it was in 1990, the year of its peak recorded population.
Benton, Illinois's growth is below average. 65% of similarly sized cities are growing faster since 2000.
Similarly Sized Cities In US
| US Rank | Name | Population | Growth 2000-2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3909 | Fayetteville, Tennessee | 6,993 | -0.4% |
| 3910 | Mountainside, New Jersey | 6,982 | 5.7% |
| 3911 | Clinton, Illinois | 6,981 | -6.8% |
| 3912 | Delphos, Ohio | 6,972 | -1.3% |
| 3913 | Mount Carmel, Illinois | 6,972 | -12.6% |
| 3914 | Savannah, Tennessee | 6,970 | -0.7% |
| 3915 | Ocean City, Maryland | 6,969 | -3.0% |
| 3916 | Heber Springs, Arkansas | 6,967 | 6.2% |
| 3917 | Sturtevant, Wisconsin | 6,967 | 30.7% |
| 3918 | Franklin, Louisiana | 6,965 | -16.1% |
| 3919 | Benton, Illinois | 6,964 | 0.5% |
| 3920 | Huntingdon, Pennsylvania | 6,964 | 0.6% |
| 3921 | Amory, Mississippi | 6,958 | -8.3% |
| 3922 | Archbald, Pennsylvania | 6,954 | 11.8% |
| 3923 | Cottage Grove, Wisconsin | 6,939 | 69.7% |
| 3924 | Treasure Island, Florida | 6,938 | -7.0% |
| 3925 | Perry, Florida | 6,937 | 1.5% |
| 3926 | Black Jack, Missouri | 6,927 | 0.9% |
| 3927 | Osceola, Arkansas | 6,926 | -22.0% |
| 3928 | Huron, Ohio | 6,923 | -12.7% |
| 3929 | Nibley, Utah | 6,917 | 230.7% |
Similarly Sized Cities In Illinois
| US Rank | Name | Population | Growth 2000-2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2400 | Canton | 13,865 | -9.4% |
| 2402 | Hazel Crest | 13,837 | -6.6% |
| 2406 | Lincoln | 13,816 | -10.0% |
| 2408 | Wood Dale | 13,798 | 1.4% |
| 2420 | Wauconda | 13,737 | 42.2% |
| 2455 | Swansea | 13,518 | 22.9% |
| 2456 | Richton Park | 13,505 | 7.4% |
| 2461 | Western Springs | 13,479 | 7.3% |
| 2467 | La Grange Park | 13,433 | 1.1% |
| 2472 | Riverdale | 13,352 | -11.1% |
| 2481 | Warrenville | 13,269 | -0.6% |
| 2502 | Streator | 13,135 | -7.3% |
| 2510 | Shiloh | 13,090 | 50.4% |
| 2523 | Glen Carbon | 12,985 | 22.3% |
| 2542 | Herrin | 12,880 | 12.2% |
| 2550 | Justice | 12,836 | 5.2% |
| 2555 | Channahon | 12,805 | 61.3% |
| 2563 | Rantoul | 12,769 | -1.2% |
| 2586 | Chatham | 12,624 | 45.4% |
| 2590 | Effingham | 12,589 | 1.6% |
| 2595 | Markham | 12,538 | -1.5% |
| 2604 | Lincolnwood | 12,483 | 1.0% |
| 2606 | Winnetka | 12,480 | 0.0% |
| 2607 | Kewanee | 12,473 | -3.8% |
| 2613 | Centralia | 12,452 | -13.4% |
| 2620 | Palos Heights | 12,403 | 9.5% |
| 2630 | Northlake | 12,364 | 4.0% |
| 2719 | Pontiac | 11,809 | -1.2% |
| 2751 | Schiller Park | 11,640 | -1.0% |
| 2761 | Plano | 11,588 | 102.8% |
| 2807 | Minooka | 11,307 | 175.3% |
| 2810 | Campton Hills | 11,282 | 23.0% |
| 2813 | Summit | 11,278 | 6.0% |
| 2842 | River Forest | 11,132 | -4.2% |
| 2882 | Crestwood | 10,846 | -3.6% |
| 2886 | Burr Ridge | 10,818 | 0.4% |
| 2917 | Worth | 10,661 | -3.4% |
| 2920 | Taylorville | 10,650 | -15.8% |
| 2934 | Lyons | 10,585 | 3.3% |
| 2942 | Fox Lake | 10,554 | 14.3% |
| 2951 | Roscoe | 10,505 | 65.4% |
| 2964 | Sauk Village | 10,452 | 0.3% |
| 2989 | Waterloo | 10,355 | 26.4% |
| 3005 | Barrington | 10,297 | 1.0% |
| 3012 | Columbia | 10,274 | 28.5% |
| 3014 | Wood River | 10,263 | -9.1% |
| 3029 | Troy | 10,176 | 18.9% |
| 3046 | River Grove | 10,093 | -5.2% |
| 3102 | Peru | 9,834 | -0.1% |
| 3105 | Highland | 9,830 | 15.1% |
| 3106 | Sugar Grove | 9,830 | 139.5% |
| 3130 | Winfield | 9,685 | 9.5% |
| 3176 | Itasca | 9,416 | 12.6% |
| 3179 | Steger | 9,411 | -3.0% |
| 3193 | Flossmoor | 9,332 | -0.1% |
| 3194 | Bethalto | 9,327 | -2.5% |
| 3205 | Lynwood | 9,279 | 16.0% |
| 3224 | Harvard | 9,180 | 12.7% |
| 3232 | Rochelle | 9,159 | -5.3% |
| 3241 | LaSalle | 9,120 | -7.8% |
| 3246 | Monmouth | 9,091 | -7.3% |
| 3258 | Manteno | 9,021 | 37.8% |
| 3280 | Olney | 8,942 | 1.9% |
| 3290 | Rock Falls | 8,911 | -7.1% |
| 3294 | Glencoe | 8,900 | 1.8% |
| 3299 | Glenwood | 8,880 | -1.5% |
| 3342 | Riverside | 8,742 | -1.5% |
| 3343 | Harrisburg | 8,737 | -11.3% |
| 3353 | Lake Villa | 8,716 | 40.8% |
| 3354 | Clarendon Hills | 8,712 | 10.8% |
| 3401 | Willowbrook | 8,521 | -5.8% |
| 3402 | Chester | 8,514 | 1.1% |
| 3403 | Harwood Heights | 8,505 | 2.4% |
| 3404 | Mahomet | 8,505 | 69.4% |
| 3433 | Hawthorn Woods | 8,412 | 36.8% |
| 3464 | Paris | 8,322 | -9.6% |
| 3490 | Savoy | 8,272 | 83.5% |
| 3492 | Jerseyville | 8,265 | 3.2% |
| 3520 | Crete | 8,165 | 4.3% |
| 3522 | Pingree Grove | 8,165 | 4266.3% |
| 3549 | Island Lake | 8,116 | -0.9% |
| 3556 | Oak Brook | 8,077 | -6.6% |
| 3557 | Gilberts | 8,073 | 525.8% |
| 3564 | Hillside | 8,043 | -1.2% |
| 3568 | Long Grove | 8,026 | 17.8% |
| 3576 | Mascoutah | 8,010 | 38.9% |
| 3594 | West Frankfort | 7,953 | -3.4% |
| 3608 | Maryville | 7,900 | 60.7% |
| 3652 | Broadview | 7,781 | -5.7% |
| 3657 | Manhattan | 7,776 | 127.7% |
| 3660 | Calumet Park | 7,757 | -8.8% |
| 3676 | Round Lake Park | 7,704 | 27.1% |
| 3686 | South Beloit | 7,673 | 41.0% |
| 3718 | Princeton | 7,583 | 0.8% |
| 3722 | Silvis | 7,571 | 4.1% |
| 3723 | Murphysboro | 7,568 | -12.9% |
| 3739 | Park City | 7,513 | 12.7% |
| 3740 | Inverness | 7,508 | 7.2% |
| 3744 | Marengo | 7,496 | 16.7% |
| 3755 | Rockton | 7,473 | 36.6% |
| 3760 | Robinson | 7,453 | 9.7% |
| 3775 | Sandwich | 7,387 | 12.2% |
| 3791 | West Dundee | 7,352 | 29.8% |
| 3796 | Lincolnshire | 7,336 | 19.3% |
| 3852 | Salem | 7,173 | -9.1% |
| 3859 | Orland Hills | 7,152 | 5.1% |
| 3879 | Mendota | 7,099 | -2.4% |
| 3901 | Vandalia | 7,012 | 0.3% |
| 3904 | University Park | 7,006 | 3.9% |
| 3911 | Clinton | 6,981 | -6.8% |
| 3913 | Mount Carmel | 6,972 | -12.6% |
| 3919 | Benton | 6,964 | 0.5% |
| 3970 | Litchfield | 6,793 | -2.5% |
| 3982 | Greenville | 6,761 | -3.8% |
| 3989 | Winthrop Harbor | 6,745 | 0.0% |
| 4010 | Stickney | 6,694 | 9.0% |
| 4058 | North Riverside | 6,564 | -1.7% |
| 4069 | Geneseo | 6,533 | 0.4% |
| 4141 | Hampshire | 6,347 | 112.4% |
| 4152 | Johnsburg | 6,317 | 16.0% |
| 4169 | Bartonville | 6,250 | -1.1% |
| 4177 | Braidwood | 6,219 | 18.0% |
| 4197 | Chillicothe | 6,145 | 2.8% |
| 4204 | Metropolis | 6,133 | -6.6% |
| 4216 | East Alton | 6,100 | -10.5% |
| 4241 | Lakemoor | 6,048 | 106.3% |
| 4248 | Hillsboro | 6,037 | -5.1% |
| 4272 | Countryside | 5,964 | -1.7% |
| 4300 | Posen | 5,914 | 24.8% |
| 4326 | Elburn | 5,863 | 106.8% |
| 4328 | Peoria Heights | 5,858 | -11.2% |
| 4338 | Carterville | 5,827 | 23.9% |
| 4341 | Mount Zion | 5,820 | 19.2% |
| 4344 | Du Quoin | 5,810 | -10.0% |
| 4376 | Spring Grove | 5,725 | 43.0% |
| 4388 | Wilmington | 5,691 | 4642.5% |
| 4399 | Pontoon Beach | 5,664 | -1.5% |
| 4400 | Lake Bluff | 5,662 | -6.7% |
| 4416 | Willow Springs | 5,643 | 9.4% |
| 4429 | Beardstown | 5,581 | -3.6% |
| 4442 | Monticello | 5,555 | 8.0% |
| 4444 | Carlinville | 5,550 | -8.1% |
| 4461 | Pana | 5,522 | -7.0% |
| 4477 | Robbins | 5,486 | -17.2% |
| 4482 | Northfield | 5,470 | -1.6% |
| 4484 | Volo | 5,462 | 2525.9% |
| 4515 | Pinckneyville | 5,392 | -1.6% |
| 4528 | Coal City | 5,369 | 10.5% |
| 4546 | Eureka | 5,334 | 6.1% |
| 4550 | Highwood | 5,325 | -2.7% |
| 4596 | Spring Valley | 5,239 | -3.7% |
| 4605 | Genoa | 5,220 | 22.9% |
| 4616 | Creve Coeur | 5,194 | -4.4% |
| 4640 | Colona | 5,133 | -1.6% |
| 4642 | Berkeley | 5,130 | -2.0% |
| 4649 | Monee | 5,119 | 67.9% |
| 4656 | Hoopeston | 5,112 | -14.5% |
| 4672 | Poplar Grove | 5,093 | 172.3% |
| 4691 | Milan | 5,061 | -5.6% |
| 4709 | Fairfield | 5,029 | -6.9% |
| 4718 | Centreville | 5,012 | -15.6% |
| 4729 | Staunton | 4,985 | -3.0% |
| 4732 | South Barrington | 4,981 | 31.6% |
| 4738 | Carmi | 4,971 | -8.0% |
| 4769 | Watseka | 4,919 | -13.2% |
| 4779 | Lake Barrington | 4,905 | 2.7% |
| 4784 | Marseilles | 4,899 | 4.6% |
| 4788 | Stone Park | 4,892 | -4.4% |
| 4796 | Olympia Fields | 4,884 | 3.1% |
| 4797 | Flora | 4,882 | -3.4% |
| 4829 | Palos Park | 4,826 | -0.7% |
| 4886 | Auburn | 4,710 | 5.9% |
| 4898 | Sherman | 4,701 | 61.8% |
| 4919 | Fox River Grove | 4,658 | -6.8% |
| 4972 | West Peoria | 4,566 | -3.8% |
| 4977 | Shelbyville | 4,557 | -8.0% |
| 5023 | Breese | 4,486 | 9.6% |
| 5029 | Beecher | 4,472 | 110.1% |
| 5039 | Sullivan | 4,458 | 2.2% |
| 5066 | Pittsfield | 4,419 | -4.5% |
| 5069 | Lebanon | 4,417 | 24.3% |
| 5078 | Tuscola | 4,409 | -1.6% |
| 5081 | Lawrenceville | 4,406 | -6.7% |
| 5124 | Sparta | 4,341 | -5.1% |
| 5126 | Cortland | 4,336 | 103.1% |
| 5172 | Hometown | 4,274 | -4.1% |
| 5182 | Freeburg | 4,262 | 4.2% |
| 5212 | Barrington Hills | 4,219 | 6.5% |
| 5214 | Paxton | 4,218 | -8.0% |
| 5230 | Anna | 4,187 | -18.6% |
| 5248 | Burnham | 4,159 | -0.2% |
| 5255 | Peotone | 4,152 | 21.6% |
| 5256 | Rosemont | 4,151 | -1.6% |
| 5304 | South Chicago Heights | 4,085 | 3.0% |
| 5314 | Morrison | 4,071 | -9.1% |
| 5317 | Caseyville | 4,066 | -6.6% |
| 5333 | Kildeer | 4,041 | 13.7% |
| 5336 | Dwight | 4,038 | -7.7% |
| 5370 | Eldorado | 3,994 | -11.6% |
| 5400 | St. Joseph | 3,959 | 32.8% |
| 5417 | Washington Park | 3,933 | -33.6% |
| 5420 | Lakewood | 3,928 | 65.0% |
| 5435 | Wonder Lake | 3,905 | 35.0% |
| 5458 | Dupo | 3,878 | -1.4% |
| 5463 | Millstadt | 3,873 | 30.9% |
| 5470 | Green Oaks | 3,862 | 6.7% |
| 5473 | Marshall | 3,860 | -1.3% |
| 5501 | Madison | 3,823 | -15.7% |
| 5506 | Smithton | 3,813 | 60.0% |
| 5528 | Indian Head Park | 3,787 | 2.8% |
| 5538 | Coal Valley | 3,775 | 4.1% |
| 5567 | Metamora | 3,732 | 36.4% |
| 5570 | Rochester | 3,729 | 29.0% |
| 5583 | Wadsworth | 3,707 | 9.6% |
| 5614 | Deer Park | 3,658 | 16.4% |
| 5626 | Dixmoor | 3,646 | -7.3% |
| 5630 | Hainesville | 3,645 | 69.2% |
| 5641 | Riverwoods | 3,626 | -5.9% |
| 5656 | Byron | 3,608 | 18.7% |
| 5667 | Oglesby | 3,598 | -1.1% |
| 5669 | Fairbury | 3,596 | -9.5% |
| 5714 | Le Roy | 3,544 | 6.0% |
| 5723 | Forsyth | 3,529 | 43.4% |
| 5724 | Red Bud | 3,529 | 2.6% |
| 5730 | Oregon | 3,518 | -13.4% |
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Population History
| Year | Population | Rank in US |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6,964 | 3,919 |
| 2016 | 6,990 | 3,896 |
| 2015 | 7,041 | 3,858 |
| 2014 | 7,016 | 3,850 |
| 2013 | 7,054 | 3,813 |
| 2012 | 7,070 | 3,789 |
| 2011 | 7,095 | 3,766 |
| 2010 | 7,087 | 3,759 |
| 2009 | 6,910 | 3,773 |
| 2008 | 6,904 | 3,760 |
| 2007 | 6,885 | 3,747 |
| 2006 | 6,897 | 3,713 |
| 2005 | 6,912 | 3,683 |
| 2004 | 6,892 | 3,664 |
| 2003 | 6,832 | 3,668 |
| 2002 | 6,840 | 3,637 |
| 2001 | 6,860 | 3,610 |
| 2000 | 6,925 | 3,565 |
| 1990 | 7,249 | 3,162 |