Census Data for Ontario
As far as we can tell, Ontario has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.
While we don't have census information for Ontario, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Henderson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oneida
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wataga
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rio
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Woodhull
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Altona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Alpha
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Henderson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- East Galesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- East Galesburg is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Galesburg
- Galesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Knoxville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Victoria
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
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- Windsor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Windsor is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Alexis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bishop Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Knox County ...
Ontario is located in Knox County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Knox County.
Miscellaneous Information for Ontario ...
The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Knox County or the community of Ontario:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Ontario:
- GNIS ID for Ontario: 423044
- GNIS ID for Knox County: 424249
- GNIS ID for State of Illinois: 1779784
- The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 17 (Illinois)
- County Code: 095 (Knox County)
- Place Code: 56165 (Ontario)
- State & County Code: 17/095 (Illinois / Knox County)
- State & Place Code: 17/56165 (Illinois / Ontario)
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Ontario is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and Division #3 (the East North-Central Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Ontario.
Footnotes ...
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| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Knox, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |