Have you ever wondered how many people are crammed into Ottawa in Illinois? Here is the answer:
Ottawa, Illinois has a population density of 538.44 inhabitants per square kilometer (1394.65 / sq mi)
That means the whole population of 18,786 people are living within an area of 34.89 sq km (13.47 sq mi).
As a reference: New York City has a population density of 6918 inhabitants per square kilometer (17918 / sq mi), thanks to it’s population of 8,398,748 inhabitants within an area of 1214 sq km (468.73 sq mi).
Ottawa is a city located at the confluence of the navigable Illinois River and Fox River in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. The Illinois River is a conduit for river barges and connects Lake Michigan at Chicago, to the Mississippi River, and North America’s 25,000 mile river system. The population estimate was 18,128 as of 2018. It is the county seat of LaSalle County and it is part of the Ottawa, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Cities with a similar population density as Ottawa
Other cities that have a similar population density as Ottawa, Illinois are:
- Hercules, California with a population density of 465 people per sq km (1,204 / sq mi).
- Twinsburg, Ohio with a population density of 526 people per sq km (1,362 / sq mi).
- Florence, South Carolina with a population density of 658 people per sq km (1,705 / sq mi).
- Fort Dodge, Iowa with a population density of 595 people per sq km (1,541 / sq mi).
- Hutchinson, Kansas with a population density of 658 people per sq km (1,704 / sq mi).
- Fayetteville, Georgia with a population density of 473 people per sq km (1,226 / sq mi).
- Fitchburg, Massachusetts with a population density of 554 people per sq km (1,434 / sq mi).
- Bremerton, Washington with a population density of 454 people per sq km (1,175 / sq mi).
- Mercedes, Texas with a population density of 507 people per sq km (1,313 / sq mi).
- Naples, Florida with a population density of 459 people per sq km (1,188 / sq mi).
Cities with a similar population size as Ottawa
Here a list of cities that have a similar number of inhabitants like Ottawa, Illinois:
- Westbrook, Maine with a population of 17,494 people
- Enterprise, Alabama with a population of 22,892 people
- Belle Glade, Florida with a population of 17,467 people
- Painesville, Ohio with a population of 19,563 people
- Canby, Oregon with a population of 15,829 people
- Oconomowoc, Wisconsin with a population of 15,888 people
- Sapulpa, Oklahoma with a population of 20,544 people
- Millbrae, California with a population of 21,532 people
- Roseburg, Oregon with a population of 21,181 people
- Port Hueneme, California with a population of 21,723 people
Cities with a similar size as Ottawa
If you want to check which cities have a similar size as Ottawa, Illinois, here you go:
- Parkland, Florida with 37.21 square kilometers (37.21 sq mi), population: 28,131
- Shepherdsville, Kentucky with 37.85 square kilometers (37.85 sq mi), population: 11,222
- Oakley, California with 41.89 square kilometers (41.89 sq mi), population: 35,432
- Monterey, California with 31.74 square kilometers (31.74 sq mi), population: 27,810
- Urbana, Illinois with 30.00 square kilometers (30.00 sq mi), population: 39,484
- St. Augustine, Florida with 33.06 square kilometers (33.06 sq mi), population: 12,975
- Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina with 31.50 square kilometers (31.50 sq mi), population: 17,937
- Selma, Alabama with 37.30 square kilometers (37.30 sq mi), population: 20,756
- Woodland, California with 39.64 square kilometers (39.64 sq mi), population: 55,468
- Pittsburg, Kansas with 34.00 square kilometers (34.00 sq mi), population: 20,233
Cities with the same name “Ottawa”
Same name but different game – do we have sister cities from other states:
- Ottawa, Kansas with a population of 12,649 residents