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Pekin, IL - History
We would like to provide the residents of Pekin a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Pekin Home page. The Pekin Home page provides as much information as possible on Pekin. Knowing Pekin’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Pekin’s Home page, you will also find Pekin’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Pekin has a population of 32796. 49.4% of Pekin’s inhabitants are Male, and 50.6 are female. 42.3% of Pekin is married and 68.6% own their own home. The Average Home price is $104,207, and the average rent is $671. Household median income in Pekin is $50,552, and the individual median income is $29,787. Pekin’s Ethnic is the following: White(94.4%), Black(2.2%), Multiple(2.2%), Hispanic(2.1%), Asian(0.6%), Native(0.3%), Other(0.2%).
Pekin () is a city in and the county seat of Tazewell County in the U.S. state of Illinois. Located on the Illinois River, Pekin is the largest city of Tazewell County and the second most populous municipality of the Peoria metropolitan area, after Peoria itself. As of the 2010 census, its population is 34,094.
A small portion of the city limits extend into Peoria County. It is the most populous municipality in the United States with the name Pekin. It is a suburb of Peoria and is part of the Peoria Metropolitan Statistical Area. Pekin's Mineral Springs Park is near Pekin Hospital and the Miller Senior Center.
The city is also home to a high-rise residential facility of the United Auto Workers; the 1,538 megawatt, coal-fired Powerton Power Station (currently owned and operated by NRG Energy), the home of the Pekin Federal Correctional Institution; and the headquarters of a regional insurance company, Pekin Insurance.
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