Based on the latest 2022 data from the US census, the current population of Freeport is 23,650. Freeport, Illinois is the 1,646th largest city in the US.
Freeport is located entirely in Stephenson County.
The peak population of Freeport was in 2000, when its population was 26,401. In 2000, Freeport was the 1,213th largest city in the US; now its fallen to the 1,646th largest city in the US. Freeport is currently 10.4% smaller than it was in 2000.
Freeport has shrunk 10.4% since the year 2000. Freeport, Illinois's growth is extremely below average. 93% of similarly sized cities are growing faster since 2000.
The total voting age population of Freeport, Illinois, meaning US citizens 18 or older, is 18,309. The voting age population is 45.1% male and 54.9% female.
According to the latest census statistics, 21.7% of the residents of Freeport are 65 or older.
The racial demographics of Freeport are 75.6% White, 17.2% Black, 5.2% Two or more races, 1.4% Asian, 0.5% Other and 0.2% American Indian. Additionally, 5.7% of the population identifies as Hispanic.
In Freeport, 17.8% of residents have an income below the poverty line, and the child poverty rate is 25.8%. On a per-household basis, 13.0% of families are below the poverty line in Freeport.
Among those aged 16 and older, 59.5% of Freeport residents are in the labor force.
Among the adult population 25 years old and over, 90.6% of Freeport residents have at least a high school degree or equivalent, 18.5% have a bachelor's degree and 6.0% have a graduate or professional degree.
Among Freeport residents aged 5 and older, 4.7% of them speak a non-English language at home. Broken down by language: 3.4% of residents speak Spanish at home, 0.5% speak an Indo-European language, and 0.8% speak an Asian language.
The unemployment rate in Freeport is 10.5%, which is calculated among residents aged 16 or older who are in the labor force.
In Freeport, 11.0% of the residents in the non-military labor force are employed by the local, state and federal government.
The median household income in Freeport is $39,975.
In Freeport, 58.6% of housing units are occupied by their owners.
Renters occupy 41.4% of housing units in Freeport.
Of all the housing units in Freeport, 34.1% of them were build before 1940.
In Freeport, 4.0% of the total housing units were built after the year 2000, which is approximately 490 units.
The median gross monthly rent payment for renters in Freeport is $653.
In Freeport, 75.3% of households have an active broadband internet connection.
Year | Population | Rank in US |
---|---|---|
2021 | 23,650 | 1,646 |
2020 | 23,891 | 1,627 |
2019 | 23,775 | 1,606 |
2018 | 23,920 | 1,584 |
2017 | 24,091 | 1,565 |
2016 | 24,392 | 1,536 |
2015 | 24,476 | 1,522 |
2014 | 24,851 | 1,479 |
2013 | 25,035 | 1,457 |
2012 | 25,185 | 1,435 |
2011 | 25,443 | 1,415 |
2010 | 25,638 | 1,387 |
2000 | 26,401 | 1,213 |
1990 | 26,210 | 1,071 |
US Rank | Name | Population | Growth 2000-2021 |
---|---|---|---|
1636 | Fountain Hills, Arizona | 23,819 | 16.2% |
1637 | Celina, Texas | 23,811 | 769.3% |
1638 | Patterson, California | 23,808 | 98.7% |
1639 | Rolling Meadows, Illinois | 23,781 | -3.5% |
1640 | Webster Groves, Missouri | 23,770 | 2.2% |
1641 | Munster, Indiana | 23,761 | 10.4% |
1642 | Shelbyville, Tennessee | 23,743 | 45.2% |
1643 | San Fernando, California | 23,726 | 0.4% |
1644 | Burlington, Iowa | 23,713 | -11.4% |
1645 | Highland, Indiana | 23,672 | 0.5% |
1646 | Freeport, Illinois | 23,650 | -10.4% |
1647 | Griffin, Georgia | 23,643 | 2.5% |
1648 | Clinton, Utah | 23,597 | 84.4% |
1649 | Brookings, South Dakota | 23,577 | 25.2% |
1650 | Eustis, Florida | 23,543 | 47.4% |
1651 | Farmington, Minnesota | 23,534 | 85.3% |
1652 | Jacksonville Beach, Florida | 23,515 | 11.9% |
1653 | Fernley, Nevada | 23,511 | 181.6% |
1654 | Kenmore, Washington | 23,502 | 25.5% |
1655 | Champlin, Minnesota | 23,478 | 5.2% |
1656 | Muscatine, Iowa | 23,474 | 3.4% |
US Rank | Name | Population | Growth 2000-2021 |
---|---|---|---|
873 | Plainfield | 45,398 | 230.2% |
876 | Elmhurst | 45,326 | 5.2% |
905 | Lombard | 43,891 | 2.9% |
930 | Buffalo Grove | 42,794 | -1.1% |
943 | Moline | 42,418 | -3.5% |
950 | Belleville | 41,751 | -1.4% |
975 | Bartlett | 40,539 | 10.0% |
976 | DeKalb | 40,486 | 3.2% |
977 | Romeoville | 40,469 | 83.2% |
979 | Crystal Lake | 40,411 | 5.3% |
1010 | Carol Stream | 39,333 | -2.8% |
1014 | Quincy | 39,131 | -3.8% |
1025 | Park Ridge | 38,810 | 2.7% |
1029 | Urbana | 38,681 | 2.2% |
1031 | Streamwood | 38,651 | 5.5% |
1034 | Wheeling | 38,499 | 6.1% |
1056 | Carpentersville | 37,598 | 20.7% |
1079 | Hanover Park | 36,774 | -3.9% |
1082 | Rock Island | 36,636 | -7.5% |
1126 | Addison | 35,353 | -2.9% |
1129 | Oswego | 35,316 | 154.1% |
1133 | Calumet City | 35,159 | -9.9% |
1152 | Northbrook | 34,587 | 3.1% |
1173 | Woodridge | 33,826 | 8.6% |
1194 | St. Charles | 33,009 | 16.8% |
1207 | Glendale Heights | 32,796 | 2.5% |
1220 | O'Fallon | 32,292 | 44.9% |
1229 | Elk Grove Village | 32,066 | -7.7% |
1255 | Mundelein | 31,560 | 1.4% |
1260 | Pekin | 31,448 | -7.2% |
1293 | Gurnee | 30,521 | 5.4% |
1300 | Niles | 30,345 | 1.0% |
1303 | Highland Park | 30,177 | -0.4% |
1308 | North Chicago | 30,029 | -16.5% |
1312 | Algonquin | 29,944 | 28.7% |
1318 | Galesburg | 29,712 | -11.8% |
1350 | Lake in the Hills | 28,945 | 20.2% |
1357 | Burbank | 28,789 | 3.1% |
1358 | Danville | 28,787 | -16.2% |
1368 | Glen Ellyn | 28,533 | 4.7% |
1371 | Lansing | 28,379 | 0.2% |
1392 | Huntley | 28,008 | 350.4% |
1411 | Wilmette | 27,587 | 0.0% |
1417 | Granite City | 27,484 | -13.9% |
1418 | New Lenox | 27,477 | 49.5% |
1424 | McHenry | 27,372 | 25.5% |
1439 | Round Lake Beach | 27,081 | 3.5% |
1447 | Chicago Heights | 26,905 | -17.8% |
1451 | Oak Forest | 26,793 | -5.0% |
1452 | Vernon Hills | 26,786 | 31.4% |
1487 | Lockport | 26,118 | 66.2% |
1490 | Batavia | 26,092 | 6.9% |
1519 | Woodstock | 25,646 | 26.2% |
1531 | Alton | 25,422 | -16.5% |
1534 | West Chicago | 25,370 | 6.2% |
1543 | Edwardsville | 25,218 | 12.7% |
1555 | Belvidere | 25,134 | 18.5% |
1574 | Morton Grove | 24,712 | 10.2% |
1590 | Homer Glen | 24,516 | 9.2% |
1591 | Zion | 24,494 | 6.4% |
1601 | Collinsville | 24,320 | -2.5% |
1607 | Melrose Park | 24,206 | 4.4% |
1613 | Westmont | 24,150 | -3.0% |
1626 | Elmwood Park | 23,945 | -5.6% |
1629 | Kankakee | 23,922 | -13.4% |
1630 | South Elgin | 23,917 | 44.6% |
1632 | Lisle | 23,887 | 5.6% |
1639 | Rolling Meadows | 23,781 | -3.5% |
1646 | Freeport | 23,650 | -10.4% |
1663 | Loves Park | 23,293 | 14.5% |
1672 | Maywood | 23,112 | -14.2% |
1691 | Machesney Park | 22,709 | 9.1% |
1694 | Roselle | 22,660 | -2.8% |
1699 | Yorkville | 22,594 | 243.0% |
1711 | Bloomingdale | 22,386 | 2.8% |
1722 | East Peoria | 22,276 | -1.7% |
1734 | Blue Island | 22,005 | -6.2% |
1735 | Villa Park | 21,992 | -1.5% |
1749 | Darien | 21,751 | -5.2% |
1751 | Carbondale | 21,741 | -17.1% |
1778 | Montgomery | 21,310 | 280.2% |
1781 | Park Forest | 21,261 | -9.5% |
1782 | Geneva | 21,247 | 7.4% |
1794 | East Moline | 21,136 | -1.5% |
1795 | Grayslake | 21,121 | 12.7% |
1801 | South Holland | 21,015 | -5.4% |
1805 | Dolton | 20,941 | -18.1% |
1839 | Libertyville | 20,500 | -1.5% |
1841 | Frankfort | 20,492 | 91.6% |
1849 | Crest Hill | 20,293 | 48.7% |
1881 | Harvey | 19,871 | -33.6% |
1884 | Mokena | 19,846 | 34.6% |
1895 | Lake Zurich | 19,660 | 5.9% |
1909 | Evergreen Park | 19,471 | -6.3% |
1932 | Lake Forest | 19,253 | -4.5% |
1944 | Deerfield | 19,079 | 2.9% |
1949 | Brookfield | 19,054 | 0.0% |
1953 | Homewood | 19,001 | -2.7% |
1966 | Bourbonnais | 18,854 | 22.8% |
1980 | Ottawa | 18,749 | 1.0% |
1991 | Matteson | 18,664 | 43.1% |
1997 | Round Lake | 18,625 | 208.9% |
1998 | Alsip | 18,601 | -5.5% |
1999 | Sycamore | 18,580 | 49.5% |
2002 | Bensenville | 18,538 | -10.6% |
2013 | North Aurora | 18,350 | 67.4% |
2015 | Bellwood | 18,331 | -10.6% |
2021 | Franklin Park | 18,298 | -6.0% |
2028 | Shorewood | 18,254 | 125.2% |
2035 | East St. Louis | 18,195 | -42.3% |
2041 | Palos Hills | 18,117 | 2.5% |
2059 | Cary | 17,848 | 14.4% |
2064 | Jacksonville | 17,816 | -10.8% |
2069 | Godfrey | 17,729 | 5.5% |
2086 | Lemont | 17,529 | 29.6% |
2105 | Charleston | 17,347 | -18.0% |
2118 | Hinsdale | 17,273 | -1.0% |
2129 | Morton | 17,133 | 10.8% |
2169 | Mattoon | 16,805 | -7.8% |
2174 | Marion | 16,742 | 3.2% |
2177 | Bridgeview | 16,715 | 8.9% |
2200 | Westchester | 16,492 | -1.8% |
2203 | Fairview Heights | 16,474 | 9.8% |
2210 | Country Club Hills | 16,407 | 1.3% |
2249 | La Grange | 15,978 | 2.4% |
2251 | Washington | 15,978 | 36.1% |
2284 | Prospect Heights | 15,691 | -7.9% |
2311 | Dixon | 15,380 | -3.9% |
2344 | Macomb | 15,052 | -18.4% |
2345 | Bradley | 15,039 | 15.4% |
2346 | Norridge | 15,009 | 3.0% |
2368 | Antioch | 14,824 | 64.2% |
2372 | Sterling | 14,750 | -6.6% |
2381 | Warrenville | 14,655 | 9.6% |
2406 | Mount Vernon | 14,454 | -11.6% |
2412 | Chatham | 14,404 | 65.9% |
2418 | Morris | 14,359 | 19.4% |
2420 | Shiloh | 14,352 | 64.9% |
2423 | Lindenhurst | 14,314 | 11.7% |
2437 | Swansea | 14,210 | 29.2% |
2440 | Beach Park | 14,183 | 39.5% |
2441 | Hickory Hills | 14,182 | 1.9% |
2444 | Chicago Ridge | 14,130 | 0.1% |
2458 | Forest Park | 14,012 | -10.5% |
2459 | Wauconda | 14,011 | 45.1% |
2465 | Midlothian | 13,983 | -2.4% |
2475 | Wood Dale | 13,861 | 1.8% |
2484 | Glen Carbon | 13,812 | 30.1% |
2504 | Channahon | 13,706 | 72.7% |
2544 | Canton | 13,403 | -12.4% |
2550 | Western Springs | 13,370 | 6.4% |
2571 | La Grange Park | 13,234 | -0.3% |
2575 | Lincolnwood | 13,191 | 6.8% |
2592 | Hazel Crest | 13,098 | -11.6% |
2600 | Lincoln | 13,058 | -14.9% |
2636 | Minooka | 12,816 | 212.1% |
2662 | Northlake | 12,664 | 6.6% |
2685 | Richton Park | 12,494 | -0.5% |
2691 | Winnetka | 12,475 | 0.0% |
2708 | Streator | 12,374 | -12.7% |
2712 | Kewanee | 12,361 | -4.7% |
2718 | Justice | 12,326 | 1.0% |
2731 | Herrin | 12,253 | 6.8% |
2736 | Effingham | 12,221 | -1.3% |
2745 | Plano | 12,191 | 113.3% |
2751 | Rantoul | 12,119 | -6.2% |
2763 | Centralia | 12,033 | -16.3% |
2776 | Cahokia | 11,912 | -27.1% |
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