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Tazewell County
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county in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- Named after
- Littleton Waller Tazewell
- Seat
- Pekin
- Largest city
- Pekin
- Total
- 658 sq mi (1,700 km )
- Land
- 649 sq mi (1,680 km )
- Water
- 9.0 sq mi (23 km ) 1.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 130,049
- Density
- 202/sq mi (78.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional districts
- 16th , 17th
- Website
- www .tazewell .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Tazewell County (/ˈtæzwɛl/ TAZZ-wel) is located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 131,343. Its county seat and largest city is Pekin.
Tazewell County is part of the Peoria metropolitan area. The majority of the population lives along the county's western border.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tazewell County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.