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West Peoria Community Profile
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For information about the City of West Peoria, including statistics on population, demographics, household income, etc.
Please go to:
to see a community profile on the Illinois DCEO website.
To see more in-depth economic/demographic information, Go to Rural Information Resources, Then Preformatted Reports. Click on Municipalities for City info; for a Peoria County profile click on Counties
To see a Peoria regional area profile http://www.edc.centralillinois.org
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The City of West Peoria and West Peoria Township)encompasses approximately one and one-half square miles and accord- ing to the 2000 census, was populated by 4,762 persons. The 2000 census, the most recent data available for the following, also revealed that the majority, or 88.1 percent, of the population of West Peoria is white. The 11.9 percent minority population is primarily black. Nearly 22 percent of the population is under the age of 18, 20 per- cent are age 65 and over, and the remain- ing 58 percent are between the ages of 18 and 64.
north and south by the City of Peoria. The Kickapoo River valley extends along the area’s western boundary. The northern one-third of West Peoria is distinctively separate from the rest. The steep topography, wooded bluffs, Dry Run Creek’s floodplain, and Farmington Road (a major east/west arterial roadway) create physical barriers between the north and south portions of the community.
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