Pekin (Illinois)

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Pekin
Pekin (Illinois)
Pekin
Pekin
Location in Illinois
Basic data
Foundation : 1829
State : United States
State : Illinois
Counties : Tazewell County
Peoria County
Coordinates : 40 ° 34 ′  N , 89 ° 38 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 34 ′  N , 89 ° 38 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 34,494 (as of 2010)
Population density : 958.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 36.0 km 2  (approx. 14 mi 2 )
Height : 153 m
Postal code : 61554
Area code : +1 309
FIPS : 17-58447
GNIS ID : 415512
Website : www.ci.pekin.il.us
Mayor : Rusty Dunn

Pekin is a city in the middle of the American state of Illinois . Pekin is in Tazewell County and is its administrative seat . A small part of the urban area is in Peoria County. The nearest major city is Peoria , 15 km away. As of 2000, Pekin had almost 34,000 inhabitants.

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau from 2010, the city has a total area of ​​39.2 km 2 , of which 37.7 km 2 (or 96.17%) is land and 1.5 km 2 (or 3.83 %) are bodies of water.

Pekin is on the Illinois River , and the John T. McNaughton Bridge connects the city with the part it annexed in Peoria County .

Nearby cities include North Pekin , Marquette Heights , Creve Coeur , Groveland , Tremont , Morton , Washington , Lincoln , East Peoria , Peoria , Bartonville , Mapleton , Manito , Delavan , Dillon, Green Valley , Hopedale, and South Pekin .

Demographics

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1850 1678 -
1860 3467 106.6%
1870 5696 64.3%
1880 5993 5.2%
1890 6347 5.9%
1900 8420 32.7%
1910 9897 17.5%
1920 12,086 22.1%
1930 16,129 33.5%
1940 19,407 20.3%
1950 21,858 12.6%
1960 28,146 28.8%
1970 31,375 11.5%
1980 33,967 8.3%
1990 32,254 -5%
2000 33,857 5%
2010 34.094 0.7%
2016 estimate 33,038 -3.1%
US Decennial Census

At the time of the 2010 United States Census, the Pekin population was 34,094. The population density was 994.1 people per km 2 . There were 14,714 housing units, an average per km 2 . The population in Pekin, comprised 96% of whites , 2.6% Black or African American , 0.1% Native American , 0.1% Asian , 0.0% Pacific Islander , 0.9% said other races to belong and 1.1% named two or more races. 2.4% of the population declared to be Hispanic or Latinos of any race.

The residents of Beijing were distributed to 13,380 households out of which 27% had children under the age of 18. 44.1% of households were married, 13.8% had a female head of the household without a husband and 36.9% were not families. 31.6% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 18.5% of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.88 people.

The population split was 21.9% minors and 16% aged 65 or over. The median age was 38.9 years. For every 100 women there were 96.5 men. For every 100 women over 18, there were 104.7 men.

The median household income in Pekin was $ 41,913, and the median family income reached the level of $ 57,145. The median income for men was $ 43,485 compared to $ 24,177 for women. The per capita income was US dollars. 12.3% of the population and 10.1% of families had an income below the poverty line, of which 19.4% of minors and 4.3% of those aged 65 and over were affected.

National Register of Historic Places

media

A daily newspaper appears in Pekin , the Pekin Daily Times .

Personalities

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2010 Census US Gazetteer Files for Places - Illinois . United States Census. Archived from the original on January 12, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 13, 2012.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.census.gov
  2. ↑ Population and Housing Unit Estimates ( English ) United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
  3. ↑ Census of Population and Housing ( English ) United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015.