| Population | 3,596 |
| Nationwide Rank | 5669 |
Fairbury, Illinois is the 5,669th largest city in the United States as of 2017.
Fairbury, Illinois is a city.
Fairbury, Illinois is currently 9.5% smaller than it was in 2000, the year of its peak recorded population.
Fairbury, Illinois's growth is extremely below average. 86% of similarly sized cities are growing faster since 2000.
| US Rank | Name | Population | Growth 2000-2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5659 | Middlebury, Indiana | 3,605 | 20.3% |
| 5660 | Granite Falls, Washington | 3,604 | 47.3% |
| 5661 | Toledo, Oregon | 3,604 | 5.9% |
| 5662 | Trappe, Pennsylvania | 3,603 | 11.5% |
| 5663 | Lake Providence, Louisiana | 3,602 | -28.9% |
| 5664 | Lake Clarke Shores, Florida | 3,600 | 4.4% |
| 5665 | Palmyra, Missouri | 3,600 | 3.7% |
| 5666 | Ranlo, North Carolina | 3,599 | 61.4% |
| 5667 | Oglesby, Illinois | 3,598 | -1.1% |
| 5668 | Greenhills, Ohio | 3,597 | -12.0% |
| 5669 | Fairbury, Illinois | 3,596 | -9.5% |
| 5670 | Combined Locks, Wisconsin | 3,588 | 46.0% |
| 5671 | Sloan, New York | 3,585 | -4.7% |
| 5672 | Peralta, New Mexico | 3,584 | 1.3% |
| 5673 | Ringgold, Georgia | 3,584 | 35.3% |
| 5674 | Lillington, North Carolina | 3,582 | 22.8% |
| 5675 | Omro, Wisconsin | 3,582 | 12.7% |
| 5676 | Frontenac, Missouri | 3,581 | 2.7% |
| 5677 | Venus, Texas | 3,581 | 86.2% |
| 5678 | Imlay City, Michigan | 3,580 | -7.5% |
| 5679 | Northern Cambria, Pennsylvania | 3,580 | -14.5% |
| US Rank | Name | Population | Growth 2000-2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| 5762 | Aledo | 3,477 | -3.6% |
| 5778 | Germantown Hills | 3,460 | 51.2% |
| 5782 | Johnston City | 3,454 | -2.5% |
| 5786 | Tolono | 3,449 | 27.0% |
| 5796 | Riverton | 3,431 | 10.6% |
| 5856 | Virden | 3,366 | -3.4% |
| 5907 | Sleepy Hollow | 3,313 | -7.1% |
| 5908 | Fulton | 3,312 | -14.7% |
| 5913 | Gibson City | 3,307 | -2.1% |
| 5934 | Georgetown | 3,290 | -9.1% |
| 5941 | New Baden | 3,280 | 8.9% |
| 5998 | Galena | 3,225 | -6.8% |
| 6021 | East Dundee | 3,192 | 6.8% |
| 6023 | Carlyle | 3,189 | -6.3% |
| 6053 | South Jacksonville | 3,165 | -8.8% |
| 6058 | Sumner | 3,160 | 210.1% |
| 6065 | Momence | 3,149 | -0.1% |
| 6073 | Gillespie | 3,142 | -7.5% |
| 6096 | Abingdon | 3,125 | -13.2% |
| 6154 | Cherry Valley | 3,078 | 37.8% |
| 6158 | Havana | 3,076 | -13.8% |
| 6180 | Nashville | 3,057 | -2.8% |
| 6191 | Westville | 3,039 | -4.0% |
| 6226 | North Barrington | 2,997 | 0.9% |
| 6235 | Winnebago | 2,989 | 0.4% |
| 6259 | Rushville | 2,968 | -7.7% |
| 6283 | Bushnell | 2,940 | -9.5% |
| 6340 | Heyworth | 2,885 | 16.9% |
| 6345 | Arcola | 2,882 | 1.3% |
| 6368 | Newton | 2,854 | -6.5% |
| 6372 | Savanna | 2,847 | -19.5% |
| 6396 | Mount Morris | 2,826 | -7.1% |
| 6428 | Knoxville | 2,795 | -11.8% |
| 6433 | McLeansboro | 2,786 | -5.3% |
| 6460 | Hamilton | 2,768 | -8.4% |
| 6479 | El Paso | 2,754 | 0.5% |
| 6487 | Lena | 2,750 | -5.0% |
| 6514 | Ford Heights | 2,731 | -20.6% |
| 6515 | Christopher | 2,730 | -3.9% |
| 6538 | Sheridan | 2,712 | 12.4% |
| 6557 | Round Lake Heights | 2,696 | 96.9% |
| 6567 | Marquette Heights | 2,688 | -3.8% |
| 6589 | Pawnee | 2,676 | 1.3% |
| 6605 | Casey | 2,664 | -9.3% |
| 6654 | Trenton | 2,619 | -0.1% |
| 6691 | Tilton | 2,584 | -21.2% |
| 6772 | Kenilworth | 2,520 | 1.1% |
| 6780 | Diamond | 2,508 | 77.8% |
| 6788 | Galva | 2,503 | -10.5% |
| 6811 | Fairmont City | 2,486 | 2.0% |
| 6815 | Carthage | 2,483 | -8.6% |
| 6844 | Villa Grove | 2,466 | -3.2% |
| 6866 | Thornton | 2,448 | -5.0% |
| 6879 | Carrollton | 2,441 | -6.0% |
| 6881 | Wayne | 2,439 | 12.6% |
| 6968 | White Hall | 2,372 | -9.7% |
| 7007 | Ina | 2,347 | -4.5% |
| 7009 | Amboy | 2,344 | -10.7% |
| 7086 | Davis Junction | 2,297 | 141.2% |
| 7119 | Cairo | 2,281 | -37.0% |
| 7120 | Altamont | 2,280 | -0.1% |
| 7121 | Farmington | 2,280 | -12.2% |
| 7131 | Henry | 2,273 | -10.2% |
| 7140 | Seneca | 2,268 | 10.5% |
| 7145 | Elwood | 2,265 | 36.8% |
| 7159 | Arthur | 2,253 | 1.3% |
| 7206 | Petersburg | 2,218 | -3.3% |
| 7210 | Polo | 2,213 | -10.6% |
| 7221 | Lewistown | 2,207 | -12.3% |
| 7259 | Mason City | 2,181 | -14.7% |
| 7291 | Oakbrook Terrace | 2,161 | -4.9% |
| 7304 | Brighton | 2,151 | -2.0% |
| 7322 | Tremont | 2,141 | 5.7% |
| 7324 | Nokomis | 2,140 | -10.2% |
| 7393 | Pecatonica | 2,102 | 4.5% |
| 7399 | Cambridge | 2,099 | -3.6% |
| 7403 | Aviston | 2,098 | 65.8% |
| 7486 | Elmwood | 2,059 | 6.2% |
| 7487 | Oakwood Hills | 2,058 | -6.6% |
| 7506 | Hinckley | 2,048 | 2.9% |
| 7511 | Lexington | 2,047 | 4.1% |
| 7561 | Roanoke | 2,019 | 1.3% |
| 7570 | Girard | 2,015 | -10.2% |
| 7573 | Carbon Cliff | 2,013 | 19.7% |
| 7586 | Minonk | 2,006 | -7.5% |
| 7640 | South Roxana | 1,978 | 4.8% |
| 7642 | Farmer City | 1,977 | -3.7% |
| 7647 | Mount Olive | 1,974 | -8.9% |
| 7648 | Prophetstown | 1,974 | -2.2% |
| 7660 | Catlin | 1,968 | -6.2% |
| 7669 | Bellevue | 1,962 | 3.9% |
| 7670 | Fisher | 1,961 | 18.8% |
| 7682 | Steeleville | 1,955 | -5.8% |
| 7698 | Phoenix | 1,948 | -9.6% |
| 7704 | Rockdale | 1,945 | 3.0% |
| 7721 | Alorton | 1,938 | -29.4% |
| 7755 | Mount Sterling | 1,922 | -7.5% |
| 7756 | New Athens | 1,922 | -3.0% |
| 7761 | Mackinaw | 1,920 | 21.8% |
| 7762 | Richmond | 1,920 | 64.8% |
| 7765 | Albion | 1,918 | -0.9% |
| 7775 | Athens | 1,911 | 10.1% |
| 7795 | Hodgkins | 1,897 | -11.1% |
| 7801 | Venice | 1,895 | -24.9% |
| 7819 | Sesser | 1,890 | -10.9% |
| 7831 | Merrionette Park | 1,882 | -6.0% |
| 7834 | Somonauk | 1,881 | 30.5% |
| 7854 | Prairie Grove | 1,870 | 81.0% |
| 7918 | Marissa | 1,839 | -14.0% |
| 7946 | Hudson | 1,825 | 20.2% |
| 7961 | Orion | 1,816 | 5.8% |
| 7967 | Hampton | 1,814 | 11.2% |
| Year | Population | Rank in US |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3,596 | 5,669 |
| 2016 | 3,603 | 5,658 |
| 2015 | 3,630 | 5,619 |
| 2014 | 3,678 | 5,570 |
| 2013 | 3,689 | 5,548 |
| 2012 | 3,735 | 5,497 |
| 2011 | 3,756 | 5,473 |
| 2010 | 3,757 | 5,455 |
| 2009 | 3,792 | 5,352 |
| 2008 | 3,796 | 5,339 |
| 2007 | 3,828 | 5,297 |
| 2006 | 3,838 | 5,259 |
| 2005 | 3,878 | 5,209 |
| 2004 | 3,903 | 5,175 |
| 2003 | 3,925 | 5,140 |
| 2002 | 3,947 | 5,107 |
| 2001 | 3,972 | 5,067 |
| 2000 | 3,975 | 5,044 |
| 1990 | 3,669 | 4,935 |