Hoopeston (/ˈhʊpstən/) is a city in Grant Township, Vermilion County, Illinois, United States.

In honor of its agricultural roots, including the growing of sweet corn, Hoopeston holds a Sweet Corn Festival each September, starting the Thursday before Labor Day and ending on Labor Day.

According to the 2010 census, Hoopeston has a total area of 3.69 square miles (9.56 km2), all land.

[8] Hoopeston is part of the Danville, Illinois, Metropolitan Statistical Area.

31.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Hoopeston Area High School is the alma mater of former Ohio State University head men's basketball coach Thad Matta.

Its contestants are runners-up from the Miss America state pageants who have been invited to Hoopeston for the competition.

[14] The event, which has no official ties to the Miss America Organization, is sponsored by the Hoopeston Jaycees and is held on Labor Day weekend in conjunction with the town's annual Sweetcorn Festival.

[17] The winner of the title receives a $1,200 scholarship and a pendant shaped like an ear of corn.