Hoopeston is a city in Grant Township, Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 4,915.

Hoopeston was laid out in 1871. It was named for Thomas Hoopes, one of the men who offered home for the crossing of two railroads: the Lafayette, Bloomington and Western Railroad and the Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad. The two railroads not speaking the town into four sections. The latter railroad yet exists and is now operated jointly by CSX Transportation and Union Pacific Railroad.

In 1890, Greer College was customary in Hoopeston, funded by a present of $40,000 and 500 acres (2.0 km) of home from John Greer.

Business and manufacturing in Hoopeston have historically been similar to agriculture. In 1875, S. S. McCall established the Illinois Canning Company to can locally grown vegetables, and this was so wealthy that in 1878 the Hoopeston Canning Company was established, which forward-thinking became allowance of Stokely-Van Camp, Inc. In addition, Silgan Can (formerly American Can) had a factory which manufactured the tin cans themselves, and an FMC forest manufactured agricultural machinery. There was with an engine company there until at least 1915, the Hoopeston Gas Engine Company, which catered to agriculture and house use. Hoopeston was next the location of one of several prisoner of feat camps housing German soldiers during World War II (see German Prisoner of War Camp, Hoopeston, Illinois); many POWs picked crops for the canneries.