Illinois · Census place 1754092

North Pekin, Illinois

North Pekin is a village in Tazewell County, Illinois with an estimated 1,439 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 552nd largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,439
#552 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-2.3%
-34 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
+ 0.05 sq mi water
Density
1,050 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: North Pekin. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

North Pekin population, 2020 to 2024

North Pekin lost 34 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.3%. In the latest year it moved by -1.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,476. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

North Pekin covers 1.37 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 1,050 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so North Pekin is less dense than the typical town.

What county North Pekin is in

All of North Pekin's residents live in Tazewell County, which had 129,821 residents in 2024. North Pekin holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in North Pekin

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps North Pekin by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 61554. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where North Pekin is

The Census internal point of North Pekin is at 40.613600, -89.625400. Springfield, the capital, is 57.5 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Marquette Heights, IL (2,485 people), 1.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Peoria, IL, 9.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.613600, -89.625400
DMS
40°36'48.96"N 89°37'31.44"W
UTM
16N 277903.4E 4499178.0N
Geohash
dp0r092z2
Plus code
86GGJ97F+CR

Daylight in North Pekin

At 40.61° N, North Pekin gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near North Pekin

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Marquette Heights, 1.1 miles away, with 2,485 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of North Pekin, IL?

1,439 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 34 (2.3%) from 1,473 in July 2020.

What county is North Pekin in?

Tazewell County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover North Pekin?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61554.

How far is North Pekin from Springfield?

57.5 miles (92.6 km) in a straight line, heading S from North Pekin.

What is the nearest larger city to North Pekin?

Marquette Heights, IL, with 2,485 residents, 1.1 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.