'Sterling, IL' definitions:

Sterling, IL -- U.S. city in Illinois

Name :

Sterling, IL -- U.S. city in Illinois

Population (2000) :

15451

Housing Units (2000) :

6596

Land area (2000) :

4.672171 sq. miles (12.100868 sq. km)

Water area (2000) :

0.188128 sq. miles (0.487249 sq. km)

Total area (2000) :

4.860299 sq. miles (12.588117 sq. km)

FIPS code :

72546

Located within :

Illinois (IL), FIPS 17

Location :

41.796805 N, 89.693258 W

ZIP Codes (1990) :

61081

Note :

some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.