Decatur, Illinois

Decatur, Illinois
Decatur, Illinois
City
	Downtown Decatur
	Seal
	Nicknames: Soy City, Soybean Capital of the World, Limitless Decatur
	Location of Decatur in Macon County, Illinois
	Decatur Location in Illinois Decatur Decatur (the United States)
	Coordinates: 39°50′29.12″N 88°57′21.17″W / 39.8414222°N 88.9558806°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Macon
Townships	Decatur, Harristown, Hickory Point, Long Creek, Oakley, South Wheatland, Whitmore
Founded	1823
Government
• Mayor and City Manager	Julie Moore Wolfe and Scot Wrighton
Area
• Total	47.79 sq mi (123.78 km2)
• Land	43.11 sq mi (111.65 km2)
• Water	4.68 sq mi (12.13 km2) 10.0%
Elevation	677 ft (206 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	70,522
• Estimate (2022)	69,097
• Density	1,500/sq mi (570/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	EDT
ZIP Codes	62521–62523, 62526
Area codes	217, 447
FIPS code	17-18823
Website	www.decaturil.gov

Decatur (/dɪˈkeɪtər/ dih-KAY-tər) is the largest city in and the county seat of Macon County, Illinois, United States. The city was founded in 1829 and is situated along the Sangamon River and Lake Decatur in Central Illinois. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 70,522.^[5] It is the seventeenth-most populous city in Illinois.^[6] Decatur has an economy based on industrial and agricultural commodity processing and production. The city is home to Millikin University and Richland Community College.

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