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class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Industry</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Industry-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Retail" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Retail"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Retail</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Retail-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Businesses" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Businesses"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Businesses</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Businesses-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Top_employers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Top_employers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>Top employers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Top_employers-sublist" 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href="#Festivals"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Festivals</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Festivals-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Performing_arts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Performing_arts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Performing arts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Performing_arts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Civic_Center" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Civic_Center"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Civic Center</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Civic_Center-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Library" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Library"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5</span> <span>Library</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Library-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Registered_historic_places" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Registered_historic_places"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.6</span> <span>Registered historic places</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Registered_historic_places-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sports" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sports"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Sports</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Sports-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Sports subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Sports-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li 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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Interstate_and_U.S._routes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2.1</span> <span>Interstate and U.S. routes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Interstate_and_U.S._routes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-State_routes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#State_routes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2.2</span> <span>State routes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-State_routes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rail_transportation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rail_transportation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2.3</span> <span>Rail transportation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rail_transportation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Public_transportation" 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vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Peoria_in_popular_culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Peoria in popular culture</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Peoria_in_popular_culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sister_cities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sister_cities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>Sister cities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sister_cities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" 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(Ілінойс)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_(%D0%98%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%81)" title="Пеория (Илинойс) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Пеория (Илинойс)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria_(Illinois)" title="Peoria (Illinois) – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Peoria (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria" title="Peoria – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Peoria" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria_(Illinois)" title="Peoria (Illinois) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Peoria (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria_(Illinois)" title="Peoria (Illinois) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Peoria (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nv mw-list-item"><a href="https://nv.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%B3ntsxaad%C4%99%CC%81%C4%99%CC%81%CA%BC_N%C3%ADl%C4%AF%CC%81_Bib%C4%85%C4%85h" title="Tóntsxaadę́ę́ʼ Nílį́ Bibąąh – Navajo" lang="nv" hreflang="nv" data-title="Tóntsxaadę́ę́ʼ Nílį́ Bibąąh" data-language-autonym="Diné bizaad" data-language-local-name="Navajo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Diné bizaad</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%B9%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B1" title="Πιόρια – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Πιόρια" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria_(Illinois)" title="Peoria (Illinois) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Peoria (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria_(Ilinojso)" title="Peoria (Ilinojso) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Peoria (Ilinojso)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria_(Illinois)" title="Peoria (Illinois) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Peoria (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A6%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7_(%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88%DB%8C)" title="پئوریا (ایلینوی) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پئوریا (ایلینوی)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria_(Illinois)" title="Peoria (Illinois) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Peoria (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois" title="Peoria, Illinois – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Peoria, Illinois" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois" title="Peoria, Illinois – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Peoria, Illinois" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria" title="Peoria – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Peoria" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%A4%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_(%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A4%DB%8C)" title="پيؤريا (ايلينؤی) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="پيؤريا (ايلينؤی)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%94%BC%EC%98%A4%EB%A6%AC%EC%95%84_(%EC%9D%BC%EB%A6%AC%EB%85%B8%EC%9D%B4%EC%A3%BC)" title="피오리아 (일리노이주) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="피오리아 (일리노이주)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%A5%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%A1_(%D4%BB%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%B8%D5%B5%D5%BD)" title="Պեորիա (Իլինոյս) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Պեորիա (Իլինոյս)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria_(Illinois)" title="Peoria (Illinois) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Peoria (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois" title="Peoria, Illinois – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Peoria, Illinois" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois" title="Peoria, Illinois – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Peoria, Illinois" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria_(Illinois)" title="Peoria (Illinois) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Peoria (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%94" title="פאוריה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="פאוריה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois" title="Peoria, Illinois – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Peoria, Illinois" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois" title="Peoria, Illinois – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Peoria, Illinois" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria,_Ilinwa" title="Peoria, Ilinwa – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Peoria, Ilinwa" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria_(Illinois)" title="Peoria (Illinois) – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Peoria (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piorija_(Ilinoisa)" title="Piorija (Ilinoisa) – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Piorija (Ilinoisa)" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peorija" title="Peorija – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Peorija" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria_(Illinois)" title="Peoria (Illinois) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Peoria (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois" title="Peoria, Illinois – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Peoria, Illinois" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF,_%E0%B4%87%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BF" title="പിയോറിയ, ഇല്ലിനോയി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="പിയോറിയ, ഇല്ലിനോയി" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE_(%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%AF)" title="पियोरिया (इलिनॉय) – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="पियोरिया (इलिनॉय)" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_(%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%D9%89)" title="پيوريا (ايلينوى) – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="پيوريا (ايلينوى)" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A6%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7_(%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88%DB%8C)" title="پئوریا (ایلینوی) – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="پئوریا (ایلینوی)" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria_(Illinois)" title="Peoria (Illinois) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Peoria (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%94%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2_(%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AA%E3%83%8E%E3%82%A4%E5%B7%9E)" title="ピオリア (イリノイ州) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ピオリア (イリノイ州)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_(%D0%98%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%81)" title="Пиория (Иллинойс) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Пиория (Иллинойс)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria_(Illinois)" title="Peoria (Illinois) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Peoria (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="پیوریا – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="پیوریا" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria_(Illinois)" title="Peoria (Illinois) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Peoria (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria_(Illinois)" title="Peoria (Illinois) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Peoria (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois" title="Peoria, Illinois – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Peoria, Illinois" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_(%D0%98%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%81)" title="Пеория (Иллинойс) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Пеория (Иллинойс)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois" title="Peoria, Illinois – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Peoria, Illinois" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria_(Illinois)" title="Peoria (Illinois) – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Peoria (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%DB%86%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="پیۆریا – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="پیۆریا" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0_(%D0%98%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B8%D1%81)" title="Пиорија (Илиноис) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Пиорија (Илиноис)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois" title="Peoria, Illinois – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Peoria, Illinois" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria_(Illinois)" title="Peoria (Illinois) – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Peoria (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois" title="Peoria, Illinois – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Peoria, Illinois" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois" title="Peoria, Illinois – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Peoria, Illinois" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_(%D0%98%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%81)" title="Пиория (Иллинойс) – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Пиория (Иллинойс)" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois" title="Peoria, Illinois – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Peoria, Illinois" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%96%D1%8F_(%D0%86%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%81)" title="Пеорія (Іллінойс) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Пеорія (Іллінойс)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%8C_%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%92" title="پیوریا، الینوائے – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="پیوریا، الینوائے" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois" title="Peoria, Illinois – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Peoria, Illinois" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Peoria_Illinois_Skyline.jpg/288px-Peoria_Illinois_Skyline.jpg" decoding="async" width="288" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Peoria_Illinois_Skyline.jpg/432px-Peoria_Illinois_Skyline.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Peoria_Illinois_Skyline.jpg/576px-Peoria_Illinois_Skyline.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5344" data-file-height="1312" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center">Downtown Peoria</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:144px;max-width:144px"><div style="height:94px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Peoria_City_Hall.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Peoria_City_Hall.JPG/142px-Peoria_City_Hall.JPG" decoding="async" width="142" height="95" class="mw-file-element" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Hotel_pere_marquette_peoria_illinois_panorama.jpg/159px-Hotel_pere_marquette_peoria_illinois_panorama.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Hotel_pere_marquette_peoria_illinois_panorama.jpg/212px-Hotel_pere_marquette_peoria_illinois_panorama.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2532" data-file-height="3204" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Peoria_Marriott_Pere_Marquette" title="Peoria Marriott Pere Marquette">Hotel Père Marquette</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:180px;max-width:180px"><div style="height:133px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Peoria_Civic_Center_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Peoria_Civic_Center_-_panoramio.jpg/178px-Peoria_Civic_Center_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="178" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Peoria_Civic_Center_-_panoramio.jpg/267px-Peoria_Civic_Center_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Peoria_Civic_Center_-_panoramio.jpg/356px-Peoria_Civic_Center_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Peoria_Civic_Center" title="Peoria Civic Center">Peoria Civic Center</a></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div 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style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Peoria</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"></div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of the United States</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Peoria,_Illinois&params=40_41_34_N_89_35_26_W_region:US-IL_type:city(113,000)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">40°41′34″N</span> <span class="longitude">89°35′26″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">40.69278°N 89.59056°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">40.69278; -89.59056</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/23px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/35px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/46px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">County</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Peoria_County,_Illinois" title="Peoria County, Illinois">Peoria</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Townships</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/City_of_Peoria_Township,_Peoria_County,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="City of Peoria Township, Peoria County, Illinois">Peoria City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richwoods_Township,_Peoria_County,_Illinois" title="Richwoods Township, Peoria County, Illinois">Richwoods</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Peoria_Township,_Peoria_County,_Illinois" title="West Peoria Township, Peoria County, Illinois">West Peoria</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Settled</th><td class="infobox-data">1691</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Incorporated Town</th><td class="infobox-data">1835</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Incorporated City</th><td class="infobox-data">1845</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Peoria_people" title="Peoria people">Peoria people</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Council-manager_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Council-manager government">Council-Manager</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rita_Ali" title="Rita Ali">Rita Ali</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">D</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • City Manager</th><td class="infobox-data">Patrick Urich</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • City Clerk</th><td class="infobox-data">Stefanie Tarr</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • City Treasurer</th><td class="infobox-data">Steve Morris</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2020_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2020-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Illinois" title="List of municipalities in Illinois">City</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">50.55 sq mi (130.93 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">47.97 sq mi (124.24 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">2.58 sq mi (6.69 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">502 ft (153 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Illinois" title="List of municipalities in Illinois">City</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">113,150 (8th in Illinois)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">2,359/sq mi (911/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">259,781 (<a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_urban_areas" title="List of United States urban areas">US: 156th</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-urban_area_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-urban_area-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Urban density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,781.9/sq mi (688.0/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">Metro</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">402,391 (<a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_statistical_area" title="Metropolitan statistical area">US: 138th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Peorian</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%926" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−6">UTC−6</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_Daylight_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Daylight Time">CDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">ZIP Codes</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>29 total ZIP Codes:</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">61601–61607, 61612–61615, 61625, 61629, 61630, 61633, 61634, 61636–61639, 61641, 61643, 61650–61656<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_code_309" class="mw-redirect" title="Area code 309">309</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standards" title="Federal Information Processing Standards">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">17-59000</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.peoriagov.org">www<wbr />.peoriagov<wbr />.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Peoria</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ɔːr/: 'ar' in 'war'">ɔːr</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling">pee-<span style="font-size:90%">OR</span>-ee-ə</i></a>) is a city in and <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> of <a href="/wiki/Peoria_County,_Illinois" title="Peoria County, Illinois">Peoria County, Illinois</a>, United States.<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Located on the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_River" title="Illinois River">Illinois River</a>, the city had a population of 113,150 as of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census,_2020" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Census, 2020">2020 census</a>, making it the <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Illinois" title="List of municipalities in Illinois">eighth-most populous city in Illinois</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the principal city of the <a href="/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois,_metropolitan_area" title="Peoria, Illinois, metropolitan area">Peoria metropolitan area</a> in <a href="/wiki/Central_Illinois" title="Central Illinois">Central Illinois</a>, consisting of the counties of <a href="/wiki/Fulton_County,_Illinois" title="Fulton County, Illinois">Fulton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marshall_County,_Illinois" title="Marshall County, Illinois">Marshall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peoria_County,_Illinois" title="Peoria County, Illinois">Peoria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stark_County,_Illinois" title="Stark County, Illinois">Stark</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tazewell_County,_Illinois" title="Tazewell County, Illinois">Tazewell</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Woodford_County,_Illinois" title="Woodford County, Illinois">Woodford</a> which had a population of 402,391 in 2020. </p><p>Established in 1691 by the French explorer <a href="/wiki/Henri_de_Tonti" title="Henri de Tonti">Henri de Tonti</a>, Peoria is the oldest permanent European settlement in Illinois, according to the Illinois State Archaeological Survey.<sup id="cite_ref-phs-fr_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-phs-fr-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Originally<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vagueness" title="Wikipedia:Vagueness"><span title="This information is too vague. (January 2024)">vague</span></a></i>]</sup> known as Fort Clark, it received its current name when the <a href="/wiki/Peoria_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Peoria County">County of Peoria</a> was organized in 1825. The city was named after the <a href="/wiki/Peoria_people" title="Peoria people">Peoria people</a>, a member of the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Confederation" title="Illinois Confederation">Illinois Confederation</a>. On October 16, 1854, <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a> made <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln%27s_Peoria_speech" title="Abraham Lincoln's Peoria speech">his Peoria speech</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Kansas%E2%80%93Nebraska_Act" title="Kansas–Nebraska Act">Kansas-Nebraska Act</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to prohibition, Peoria was the center of the whiskey industry in the United States. More than 12 distilleries operated in Peoria by the end of the 19th century, more than any other city in the U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A major port on the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_River" title="Illinois River">Illinois River</a>, Peoria is a trading and shipping center for a large agricultural area that produces corn, soybeans, and livestock. Although the economy is well diversified, the city's traditional manufacturing industries remain important and produce earthmoving equipment, metal products, lawn-care equipment, labels, steel towers, farm equipment, building materials, steel, wire, and chemicals.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Until 2018, Peoria was the global and national headquarters for <a href="/wiki/Heavy_equipment" title="Heavy equipment">heavy equipment</a> and <a href="/wiki/Engine" title="Engine">engine</a> manufacturer <a href="/wiki/Caterpillar_Inc." title="Caterpillar Inc.">Caterpillar Inc.</a>, one of the 30 companies composing the <a href="/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average" title="Dow Jones Industrial Average">Dow Jones Industrial Average</a>, and listed on the Fortune 100; the company relocated its headquarters to <a href="/wiki/Deerfield,_Illinois" title="Deerfield, Illinois">Deerfield, Illinois</a> in 2018, and then <a href="/wiki/Irving,_Texas" title="Irving, Texas">Irving, Texas</a>, in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-WSJMove_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSJMove-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SJRMove_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SJRMove-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city is associated with the phrase "<a href="/wiki/Will_it_play_in_Peoria%3F" title="Will it play in Peoria?">Will it play in Peoria?</a>", which may have originated from the <a href="/wiki/Vaudeville" title="Vaudeville">vaudeville</a> era and is often spuriously attributed to <a href="/wiki/Groucho_Marx" title="Groucho Marx">Groucho Marx</a>. Museums in the city include the <a href="/wiki/Peoria_Riverfront_Museum" title="Peoria Riverfront Museum">Peoria Riverfront Museum</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Pettengill%E2%80%93Morron_House" title="Pettengill–Morron House">Pettengill–Morron House</a> and the <a href="/wiki/John_C._Flanagan_House_Museum" title="John C. Flanagan House Museum">John C. Flanagan House</a> (both of which are managed by the Peoria Historical Society), and the Peoria Playhouse Children's Museum. <a href="/wiki/Wheels_O%27_Time_Museum" title="Wheels O' Time Museum">Wheels o' Time Museum</a> is near Peoria. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Peoria,_Illinois" title="History of Peoria, Illinois">History of Peoria, Illinois</a></div> <p>Peoria is the oldest European settlement in Illinois, as explorers first ventured up the Illinois River from the Mississippi. The lands that eventually would become Peoria were first settled by Europeans in 1680, when French explorers <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9-Robert_Cavelier,_Sieur_de_La_Salle" title="René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle">René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Henri_de_Tonti" title="Henri de Tonti">Henri de Tonti</a> constructed <a href="/wiki/Fort_Crevecoeur" title="Fort Crevecoeur">Fort Crevecoeur</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-phs-fr_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-phs-fr-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This fort would later burn to the ground, and in 1813, Fort Clark, Illinois was built. When the <a href="/wiki/Peoria_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Peoria County">County of Peoria</a> was organized in 1825, Fort Clark was officially named Peoria.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Peoria was named after the <a href="/wiki/Peoria_tribe" class="mw-redirect" title="Peoria tribe">Peoria tribe</a>, a member of the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Confederation" title="Illinois Confederation">Illinois Confederation</a>. The original meaning of the word is uncertain.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 21st-century proposal suggests a derivation from a <a href="/wiki/Proto-Algonquian" class="mw-redirect" title="Proto-Algonquian">Proto-Algonquian</a> word meaning "to dream with the help of a <a href="/wiki/Manitou" title="Manitou">manitou</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Peoria was incorporated as a village on March 11, 1835. The city did not have a mayor, though they had a village president, Rudolphus Rouse, who served from 1835 to 1836. The first Chief of Police, John B Lishk, was appointed in 1837. The city was incorporated on April 21, 1845. This was the end of a village president and the start of the mayoral system, with the first mayor being William Hale.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Peoria,_Arizona" title="Peoria, Arizona">Peoria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a>, a suburb of <a href="/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona" title="Phoenix, Arizona">Phoenix</a>, was named after Peoria, Illinois because the two men who founded it in 1890 − Joseph B. Greenhut and Deloss S. Brown − wished to name it after their hometown.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Peoria was significant in the world of bicycle racing during the late 19th century. Held at Lake View Park, its U.S. bicycle racing stop hosted such notable names as Marshall "Major" Taylor, who would later become world champion. Taylor described Peoria as the "Mecca" for the sport.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For much of the 20th century, a red-light district of brothels and bars known as the Merry-Go-Round was part of Peoria.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor">Richard Pryor</a> got his start as a performer on North Washington Street in the early 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2021, Rita Ali became Peoria's first female and African American mayor.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_events">Notable events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Notable events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September 19 to October 21, 1813 – <a href="/wiki/Peoria_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Peoria War">Peoria War</a><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1844 – <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a> came to Peoria to get involved in the <a href="/wiki/Aquilla_Wren" title="Aquilla Wren">Aquilla Wren</a> divorce case and took it to the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Illinois" title="Supreme Court of Illinois">Supreme Court of Illinois</a><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>April 15, 1926 – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Lindbergh" title="Charles Lindbergh">Charles Lindbergh</a>'s first <a href="/wiki/Air_mail" class="mw-redirect" title="Air mail">air mail</a> route, Contract Air Mail route #2, began running mail from <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> to Peoria to <a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Illinois" title="Springfield, Illinois">Springfield</a> to <a href="/wiki/St._Louis,_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis, Missouri">St. Louis</a> and back.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is nothing to substantiate the local legend that Lindbergh offered Peoria the chance to sponsor his trans-Atlantic flight and call his plane the "Spirit of Peoria," but he does state that he first pondered the journey after taking off from the Peoria air mail field.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1942 – <i><a href="/wiki/Penicillium_chrysogenum" title="Penicillium chrysogenum">Penicillium chrysogenum</a></i>, the fungus originally used to industrially produce <a href="/wiki/Penicillin" title="Penicillin">penicillin</a>, was first isolated from a moldy cantaloupe found in a grocery store in Peoria.</li> <li>Local legend is that <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt" title="Theodore Roosevelt">Theodore Roosevelt</a> called <a href="/wiki/Grandview_Drive" title="Grandview Drive">Grandview Drive</a>, a street on the bluffs overlooking the Illinois River "the world's most beautiful drive" during his visit in 1910.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, no contemporaneous accounts of this story appeared, even in local papers and histories, for over two decades after it supposedly occurred. A related legend claims that the Peoria <a href="/wiki/WMBD_(AM)" title="WMBD (AM)">radio station</a> and <a href="/wiki/WMBD-TV" title="WMBD-TV">CBS television affiliate</a>, WMBD, chose its call sign based on this story. In fact, the WMBD letters were assigned randomly and the meaning behind it was invented after the fact in 1927.<sup id="cite_ref-Peoriamag_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peoriamag-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the 2010 census, Peoria has a total area of 50.23 square miles (130.10 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 48.01 square miles (124.35 km<sup>2</sup>) (or 95.58%) is land and 2.22 square miles (5.75 km<sup>2</sup>) (or 4.42%) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-census-g001_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-g001-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Peoria has a <a href="/wiki/Humid_continental_climate" title="Humid continental climate">humid continental climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a> <i>Dfa</i>), with cold, snowy winters, and hot, humid summers. Monthly daily mean temperatures range from 22.5 °F (−5.3 °C) to 75.2 °F (24.0 °C). Snowfall is common in the winter, averaging 26.3 inches (67 cm), but this figure varies considerably from year to year. Precipitation, averaging 36 inches (914 mm), peaks in the spring and summer, and is the lowest in winter. Extremes have ranged from −27 °F (−33 °C) in January 1884 to 113 °F (45 °C) in July 1936.<sup id="cite_ref-TWC_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TWC-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Peoria, Illinois (<a href="/wiki/Peoria_International_Airport" title="Peoria International Airport">Peoria Int'l</a>), 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1883–present </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71<br />(22) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78<br />(26) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87<br />(31) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #FF0A00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">104<br />(40) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">105<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #CE0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">113<br />(45) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">106<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #FF0A00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">104<br />(40) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81<br />(27) </td> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71<br />(22) </td> <td style="background: #CE0000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">113<br />(45) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFC58C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.0<br />(12.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFB46A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.6<br />(15.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8001; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.3<br />(22.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF5E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.1<br />(27.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88.4<br />(31.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF3200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93.4<br />(34.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94.9<br />(34.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF3000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94.1<br />(34.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF3C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90.8<br />(32.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.7<br />(28.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.9<br />(21.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.2<br />(15.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">96.9<br />(36.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #EBEBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.6<br />(0.9) </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.7<br />(3.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4A9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.2<br />(10.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFA44A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.7<br />(17.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.2<br />(23.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.2<br />(28.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86.3<br />(30.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84.6<br />(29.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.4<br />(25.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.4<br />(18.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFD6AD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.8<br />(10.4) </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.5<br />(3.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA954; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">62.4<br />(16.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #D3D3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.6<br />(−3.6) </td> <td style="background: #E0E0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.0<br />(−1.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFFAF5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41.4<br />(5.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.9<br />(11.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA54B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.5<br />(17.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF8104; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.8<br />(22.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76.3<br />(24.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.5<br />(23.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF962D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.4<br />(19.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFC68D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.9<br />(12.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFF8F1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41.9<br />(5.5) </td> <td style="background: #E3E3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.9<br />(−0.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9E; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">52.7<br />(11.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.6<br />(−8.0) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.4<br />(−5.9) </td> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.6<br />(−0.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFF7EF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42.1<br />(5.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.8<br />(11.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA954; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.4<br />(16.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9A35; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.3<br />(19.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.4<br />(18.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFC082; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.3<br />(13.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFEEDD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.4<br />(6.9) </td> <td style="background: #E9E9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.0<br />(0.6) </td> <td style="background: #CCCCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.2<br />(−4.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFF3E8; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">43.0<br />(6.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #7676FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.5<br />(−20.8) </td> <td style="background: #8B8BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.6<br />(−16.9) </td> <td style="background: #AAAAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.0<br />(−11.1) </td> <td style="background: #D7D7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.8<br />(−2.9) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.6<br />(3.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.3<br />(9.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFC387; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.7<br />(13.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFC993; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.1<br />(12.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFF9F3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41.6<br />(5.3) </td> <td style="background: #DCDCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.6<br />(−1.9) </td> <td style="background: #B7B7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.3<br />(−8.7) </td> <td style="background: #8E8EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.7<br />(−16.3) </td> <td style="background: #6B6BFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−9.0<br />(−22.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #3434FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−27<br />(−33) </td> <td style="background: #3A3AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−26<br />(−32) </td> <td style="background: #6A6AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−10<br />(−23) </td> <td style="background: #B0B0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14<br />(−10) </td> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25<br />(−4) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39<br />(4) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46<br />(8) </td> <td style="background: #FFFBF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41<br />(5) </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26<br />(−3) </td> <td style="background: #9B9BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7<br />(−14) </td> <td style="background: #8080FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2<br />(−19) </td> <td style="background: #3F3FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−24<br />(−31) </td> <td style="background: #3434FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−27<br />(−33) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #B1FFB1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.06<br />(52) </td> <td style="background: #ABFFAB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.99<br />(51) </td> <td style="background: #99FF99; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.69<br />(68) </td> <td style="background: #63FF63; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.99<br />(101) </td> <td style="background: #4DFF4D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.69<br />(119) </td> <td style="background: #6CFF6C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.73<br />(95) </td> <td style="background: #78FF78; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.53<br />(90) </td> <td style="background: #81FF81; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.31<br />(84) </td> <td style="background: #77FF77; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.48<br />(88) </td> <td style="background: #86FF86; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.17<br />(81) </td> <td style="background: #94FF94; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.70<br />(69) </td> <td style="background: #ABFFAB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.21<br />(56) </td> <td style="background: #86FF86; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">37.55<br />(954) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall inches (cm) </th> <td style="background: #0000D3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">7.7<br />(20) </td> <td style="background: #0000D7; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">6.9<br />(18) </td> <td style="background: #8181FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.3<br />(8.4) </td> <td style="background: #EAEAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.5<br />(1.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1<br />(0.25) </td> <td style="background: #C4C4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.5<br />(3.8) </td> <td style="background: #1010FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">6.2<br />(16) </td> <td style="background: #AAAAFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">26.2<br />(67) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #8484FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9 </td> <td style="background: #8282FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.2 </td> <td style="background: #7D7DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5 </td> <td style="background: #6B6BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.6 </td> <td style="background: #6464FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.5 </td> <td style="background: #7979FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5 </td> <td style="background: #9393FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.7 </td> <td style="background: #9797FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4 </td> <td style="background: #9E9EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.6 </td> <td style="background: #8989FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.5 </td> <td style="background: #8A8AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1 </td> <td style="background: #8787FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.7 </td> <td style="background: #8484FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">117.2 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.1 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #B2B2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.2 </td> <td style="background: #BCBCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.9 </td> <td style="background: #E3E3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.2 </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #EDEDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.4 </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.6 </td> <td style="background: #EAEAFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">20.0 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000E3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73.9 </td> <td style="background: #0000E3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73.8 </td> <td style="background: #0000F0; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">70.5 </td> <td style="background: #0707FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">64.7 </td> <td style="background: #0101FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">66.2 </td> <td style="background: #0000FC; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">67.3 </td> <td style="background: #0000EB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">71.7 </td> <td style="background: #0000E4; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73.7 </td> <td style="background: #0000E7; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">72.7 </td> <td style="background: #0000F0; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">70.4 </td> <td style="background: #0000E1; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">74.5 </td> <td style="background: #0000D3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">78.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000EC; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">71.5 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #C2C214; color:#000000;" class="notheme">147.4 </td> <td style="background: #CDCD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">155.6 </td> <td style="background: #D4D400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">187.9 </td> <td style="background: #DEDE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">222.8 </td> <td style="background: #E8E800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">272.6 </td> <td style="background: #F2F214; color:#000000;" class="notheme">306.9 </td> <td style="background: #F0F011; color:#000000;" class="notheme">310.1 </td> <td style="background: #E9E900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">279.3 </td> <td style="background: #E1E100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">233.2 </td> <td style="background: #D8D800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">204.2 </td> <td style="background: #BBBB3E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">127.9 </td> <td style="background: #B5B563; color:#000000;" class="notheme">118.7 </td> <td style="background: #DBDB00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,566.6 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Percent <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">possible sunshine</a> </th> <td style="background: #FFFF3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF4F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF68; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF84; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF74; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF63; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62 </td> <td style="background: #F9F926; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47 </td> <td style="background: #F4F41A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF5B; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">60 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration" title="National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration">NOAA</a> (sun and relative humidity 1961–1990)<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NOAAtxt_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAAtxt-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NOAAsun_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAAsun-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:1208px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Peoria_Skyline_Panoramic.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Panorama of downtown Peoria, viewed from across the Illinois River in East Peoria, in the middle are the Twin Towers, the former Caterpillar World Headquarters Building, and the Associated Bank Building"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Peoria_Skyline_Panoramic.jpg/1200px-Peoria_Skyline_Panoramic.jpg" decoding="async" width="1200" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Peoria_Skyline_Panoramic.jpg/1800px-Peoria_Skyline_Panoramic.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Peoria_Skyline_Panoramic.jpg/2400px-Peoria_Skyline_Panoramic.jpg 2x" data-file-width="21264" data-file-height="1968" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Peoria_Skyline_Panoramic.jpg" title="File:Peoria Skyline Panoramic.jpg"> </a></div>Panorama of downtown Peoria, viewed from across the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_River" title="Illinois River">Illinois River</a> in <a href="/wiki/East_Peoria,_Illinois" title="East Peoria, Illinois">East Peoria</a>, in the middle are the Twin Towers, the former Caterpillar World Headquarters Building, and the Associated Bank Building</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_census" title="1840 United States census">1840</a></th><td>1,467</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>5,095</td><td></td><td>247.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>14,045</td><td></td><td>175.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>22,849</td><td></td><td>62.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>29,259</td><td></td><td>28.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>41,024</td><td></td><td>40.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>56,100</td><td></td><td>36.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>66,950</td><td></td><td>19.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>76,121</td><td></td><td>13.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>104,969</td><td></td><td>37.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>105,087</td><td></td><td>0.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>111,856</td><td></td><td>6.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>103,162</td><td></td><td>−7.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>126,963</td><td></td><td>23.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>124,160</td><td></td><td>−2.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>113,504</td><td></td><td>−8.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>112,936</td><td></td><td>−0.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>115,007</td><td></td><td>1.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>113,150</td><td></td><td>−1.6%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-DecennialCensus_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DecennialCensus-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> 2010<sup id="cite_ref-2010CensusP2_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010CensusP2-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusP2_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusP2-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Race_and_ethnicity_2020_Peoria,_IL.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Race_and_ethnicity_2020_Peoria%2C_IL.png/220px-Race_and_ethnicity_2020_Peoria%2C_IL.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Race_and_ethnicity_2020_Peoria%2C_IL.png/330px-Race_and_ethnicity_2020_Peoria%2C_IL.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Race_and_ethnicity_2020_Peoria%2C_IL.png/440px-Race_and_ethnicity_2020_Peoria%2C_IL.png 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="2404" /></a><figcaption>Map of racial distribution in Peoria, 2020 U.S. census. Each dot is one person: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid white;background-color:white; color:black;color:rgb(115, 178, 255);"><span class="legend-text" style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">⬤</span></span> White</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid white;background-color:white; color:black;color:rgb(159, 212, 0);"><span class="legend-text" style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">⬤</span></span> Black</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid white;background-color:white; color:black;color:rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span class="legend-text" style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">⬤</span></span> Asian</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid white;background-color:white; color:black;color:rgb(255, 170, 0);"><span class="legend-text" style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">⬤</span></span> Hispanic</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid white;background-color:white; color:black;color:rgb(140, 81, 181);"><span class="legend-text" style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">⬤</span></span> Multiracial</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid white;background-color:white; color:black;color:rgb(153, 102, 51);"><span class="legend-text" style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">⬤</span></span> Native American/Other</span></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_census">2020 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2020 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption><b>Peoria, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition</b><br /><small><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><i>Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.</i></span></small> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race / Ethnicity <small>(<i>NH = Non-Hispanic</i>)</small> </th> <th>Pop 2000<sup id="cite_ref-2000CensusP004_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2000CensusP004-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Pop 2010<sup id="cite_ref-2010CensusP2_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010CensusP2-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Pop 2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusP2_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusP2-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>% 2000 </th> <th>% 2010 </th> <th style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">% 2020 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino whites">White</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>77,138 </td> <td>69,454 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">60,364 </td> <td>68.30% </td> <td>60.39% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">53.35% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_African_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans">Black or African American</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>27,783 </td> <td>30,705 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">31,213 </td> <td>24.60% </td> <td>26.70% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">27.59% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> or <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Native" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Native">Alaska Native</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>207 </td> <td>233 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">229 </td> <td>0.18% </td> <td>0.20% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.20% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>2,603 </td> <td>5,214 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">7,184 </td> <td>2.30% </td> <td>4.53% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">6.35% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_Americans" title="Pacific Islander Americans">Pacific Islander</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>31 </td> <td>27 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">42 </td> <td>0.03% </td> <td>0.02% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.04% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_census" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States census">Other race</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>230 </td> <td>241 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">586 </td> <td>0.20% </td> <td>0.21% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.52% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">Mixed race or Multiracial</a> (NH) </td> <td>2,105 </td> <td>3,505 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">5,633 </td> <td>1.86% </td> <td>3.05% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">4.98% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> (any race) </td> <td>2,839 </td> <td>5,628 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">7,899 </td> <td>2.51% </td> <td>4.89% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">6.98% </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>112,936</b> </td> <td><b>115,007</b> </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;"><b>113,150</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;"><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>According to the 2021 <a href="/wiki/American_Community_Survey" title="American Community Survey">American Community Survey</a>, Peoria's poverty rate was 19.7 percent.<sup id="cite_ref-Census_Bureau_QuickFacts_2022_h170_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_Bureau_QuickFacts_2022_h170-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Median household income was estimated to be 53,568 in 2022. Population was estimated to have decreased approximately 1.9% from 113,176 to 111,021 between 2020 and 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-Census_Bureau_QuickFacts_2022_h170_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_Bureau_QuickFacts_2022_h170-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to 24/7 Wall St, in 2018 Peoria ranked as the 5th worst city for Black Americans based on income, educational, and unemployment disparities between Black and white residents.<sup id="cite_ref-American_City_and_County_2018_g296_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-American_City_and_County_2018_g296-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Stebbins_2018_p439_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stebbins_2018_p439-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_Census">2010 Census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2010 Census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a><sup id="cite_ref-GR2_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2010, there were 115,021 people and 47,202 households residing in the city. The population density was 2,543 inhabitants per square mile (982/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 52,621 housing units. The racial makeup of the city was 62.4% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 26.9% Black or <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 0.3% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 4.6% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, and 3.6% of mixed races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 4.9% of the population. The city has a sizable, established <a href="/wiki/Lebanese_people" title="Lebanese people">Lebanese</a> population with a long history in local business and government. </p><p>There were 45,199 households, out of which 29.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.6% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 15.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.5% were non-families. Individuals made up 33.2% of all households, and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 3.04. </p><p>The age distribution of city population was the following: 25.7% under the age of 18, 12.0% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.0 males. The median income for a household in the city was $36,397. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the city was $20,512. Some 18.8% of the population was below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Caterpillarhq.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Caterpillarhq.JPG/220px-Caterpillarhq.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Caterpillarhq.JPG/330px-Caterpillarhq.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Caterpillarhq.JPG/440px-Caterpillarhq.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>The former headquarters of <a href="/wiki/Caterpillar_Inc." title="Caterpillar Inc.">Caterpillar Inc.</a>, now the Caterpillar Administration Building</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Industry">Industry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Industry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Peoria's first major industry was started in 1830 by <a href="/wiki/John_Hamlin" title="John Hamlin">John Hamlin</a> and John Sharp, who constructed the <a href="/wiki/Flour_mill" class="mw-redirect" title="Flour mill">flour mill</a> on <a href="/wiki/Kickapoo_Creek_(Peoria_County,_Illinois)" title="Kickapoo Creek (Peoria County, Illinois)">Kickapoo Creek</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1837, another industry was begun with E.F. Nowland's pork planting industry. Many other industries started slowly in Peoria including carriage factories, pottery makers, wholesale warehousing, casting foundries, <a href="/wiki/Glucose" title="Glucose">glucose</a> factories, ice harvesting, and furniture makers. Peoria became the first world leader for distilleries thanks to Andrew Eitle (1837), Almiron S. Cole (1844), and Joseph B. Greenhut.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 1837 and 1919, Peoria held over 24 distilleries and 73 breweries.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Together, they produced the highest amount of internal revenue tax on <a href="/wiki/Alcohol_(drug)" title="Alcohol (drug)">alcohol</a> (also known as '<a href="/wiki/Sin_tax" title="Sin tax">Sin Tax</a>') of any single revenue district in the entire United States; as much as 50% of tax revenue during the Civil War came from Peoria's district, largely due to distilleries and breweries.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:6_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Peoria also was one of the major <a href="/wiki/Rum-running" title="Rum-running">bootlegging</a> areas during Prohibition and home to the famed mobsters, the <a href="/wiki/Shelton_Brothers_Gang" title="Shelton Brothers Gang">Shelton brothers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That great success placed Peoria into a building boom of beautiful private homes, schools, parks, churches, as well as municipal buildings.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to the distilleries came <a href="/wiki/Farm_machinery" class="mw-redirect" title="Farm machinery">farm machinery</a> manufacturing by William Nurse in 1837.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also, two men called Toby and Anderson brought the steel plow circa 1843, which gained immediate success.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The dominant manufacturing companies in Peoria were Kingman Plow Co., Acme Harvester Co., Selby, Starr & Co., and Avery Manufacturing Co.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_55-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:6_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1889, Keystone Steel & Wire developed the first wire fence and has since been the nation's leading manufacturer.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Rice1912_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rice1912-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Around the 1880s, businesses such as Rouse Hazard Co. in Peoria, were dealers and importers of bicycles and accessories worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Charles_Duryea" title="Charles Duryea">Charles Duryea</a>, one of the cycle manufacturers, developed the first commercially available gasoline-powered automobile in the U.S. in 1893.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time agricultural implement production declined, which led the earth moving and tractor equipment companies to skyrocket and make Peoria in this field the world leader. In 1925, <a href="/wiki/Caterpillar_Tractor" class="mw-redirect" title="Caterpillar Tractor">Caterpillar Tractor</a> Co. was formed from California-based companies, Benjamin Holt Co. and the C.L. Best Tractor Co. Robert G. <a href="/wiki/LeTourneau_Technologies" title="LeTourneau Technologies">LeTourneau</a>'s earth moving company began its production of new scrapers and dozers in 1935, which evolved into Komatsu-Dresser, Haulpak Division.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Today, the joint venture between <a href="/wiki/Komatsu_Limited" title="Komatsu Limited">Komatsu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dresser_Industries" title="Dresser Industries">Dresser Industries</a> has long since passed; Komatsu bought out Dresser in 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_53-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The entity that remains is the off-highway truck manufacturing division for <a href="/wiki/Komatsu_Limited" title="Komatsu Limited">Komatsu America Corporation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_53-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2024, <a href="/wiki/Komatsu_Limited" title="Komatsu Limited">Komatsu Limited</a> announced that it was "enhancing its Peoria operations by constructing a new office building that will provide a collaborative space for engineering, sales, manufacturing, management and other functions." The new building is planned to be completed by the end of 2025. </p><p>The world headquarters for <a href="/wiki/Caterpillar_Inc." title="Caterpillar Inc.">Caterpillar Inc.</a> was based in Peoria for over 110 years until the company announced it was moving to <a href="/wiki/Deerfield,_Illinois" title="Deerfield, Illinois">Deerfield, Illinois</a> in late-2017. It still remains a significant economic driver in the city, and is Peoria's the second-biggest employer. <sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Health care has become a major part of Peoria's economy. Peoria was ranked as the sixth midsize healthcare hub in the country by Business Facilities in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 2021, <a href="/wiki/OSF_HealthCare" title="OSF HealthCare">OSF HealthCare</a> has been the city's top employer, rising from fourth in 2014. Headquartered in Peoria since its founding in 1877, and it relocated its headquarters to a newly-renovated building in downtown Peoria in 2022. In February 2024, OSF Healthcare opened the $250 million OSF HealthCare Cancer Institute. It also includes the <a href="/wiki/Children%27s_Hospital_of_Illinois" title="Children's Hospital of Illinois">Children's Hospital of Illinois</a>. </p><p>In 2023, <a href="/wiki/Carle_Foundation_Hospital" title="Carle Foundation Hospital">Carle Health</a> finalized a deal to purchase Methodist and Proctor Hospitals from UnityPoint. It is currently the third-biggest employer in the city, behind <a href="/wiki/OSF_HealthCare" title="OSF HealthCare">OSF HealthCare</a> and <a href="/wiki/Caterpillar_Inc." title="Caterpillar Inc.">Caterpillar Inc.</a> </p><p>In addition to the three major hospitals, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Agriculture" title="United States Department of Agriculture">USDA</a>'s <a href="/wiki/National_Center_for_Agricultural_Utilization_Research" title="National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research">National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research</a>, formerly called the USDA Northern Regional Research Lab, is located in Peoria. This is one of the labs where mass production of <a href="/wiki/Penicillin" title="Penicillin">penicillin</a> was developed.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Retail">Retail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Retail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Northwoods_Mall_(Peoria,_Illinois)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northwoods Mall (Peoria, Illinois)">Northwoods Mall</a> is the largest shopping mall in both Peoria and the Tri-County area.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other retail centers include <a href="/wiki/The_Shoppes_at_Grand_Prairie" title="The Shoppes at Grand Prairie">The Shoppes at Grand Prairie</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Junction City Shopping Center, Campustown Shopping Center, Sheridan Village, Metro Centre,<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Willow Knolls Court, and Westlake Shopping Center. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Businesses">Businesses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Businesses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Renaissance Park was originally designated as a research park, originally established in May 2003 as the Peoria Medical and Technology District. It consisted of nine residential neighborhoods, <a href="/wiki/Bradley_University" title="Bradley University">Bradley University</a>, the medical district, and the <a href="/wiki/National_Center_for_Agricultural_Utilization_Research" title="National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research">National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research</a>. The Peoria NEXT Innovation Center opened in August 2007 and provides both dry and wet labs, as well as conference and office space for emerging start-up companies. Over $2 billion in research is conducted in Peoria annually.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the Renaissance Park research park project never came to full fruition, many of the original ideas from the original Renaissance Park concept still continue on a smaller level via The Renaissance Park Community Association.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Businesses in Peoria with significant presence include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caterpillar_Inc." title="Caterpillar Inc.">Caterpillar</a> (until 2017 when its headquarters (approximately 300 positions) moved to <a href="/wiki/Deerfield,_Illinois" title="Deerfield, Illinois">Deerfield, Illinois</a>, and then to <a href="/wiki/Irving,_Texas" title="Irving, Texas">Irving, Texas</a> in 2022): <a href="/wiki/Heavy_equipment" title="Heavy equipment">Heavy equipment</a> and <a href="/wiki/Engine" title="Engine">engine</a> manufacturer. Caterpillar still maintains a large working force in the area in management, marketing, IT, engineering and labor union manufacturing, as well as other positions.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Citizens_Equity_First_Credit_Union" title="Citizens Equity First Credit Union">CEFCU</a>: Credit union; started by Caterpillar employees; now serves residents of 14 counties in Central Illinois and 3 in California</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Komatsu_Limited" title="Komatsu Limited">Komatsu America Corporation</a>: World's second-largest mining equipment manufacturer has a large manufacturing facility in Peoria<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maui_Jim" title="Maui Jim">Maui Jim</a>: Sunglasses manufacturer headquarters, a subsidiary (as of 2022) of the French company Kering Eyewear.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Center_for_Agricultural_Utilization_Research" title="National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research">National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research</a>: Largest USDA research facility; one of the facilities where mass production of <a href="/wiki/Penicillin" title="Penicillin">penicillin</a> was improved</li> <li><a href="/wiki/OSF_Healthcare" class="mw-redirect" title="OSF Healthcare">OSF Healthcare</a>, which operates <a href="/wiki/OSF_Saint_Francis_Medical_Center" title="OSF Saint Francis Medical Center">OSF Saint Francis Medical Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RLI_Corp." title="RLI Corp.">RLI Corp.</a> (World Headquarters): Specialty <a href="/wiki/Insurance" title="Insurance">insurance</a> company.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carle_Health" class="mw-redirect" title="Carle Health">Carle Health</a>: Operates two hospitals in the city.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Top_employers">Top employers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Top employers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the Greater Peoria Economic Development Council's data,<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the top employers in the city are: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th># </th> <th>Employer </th> <th># of Employees </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caterpillar_Inc." title="Caterpillar Inc.">OSF Healthcare</a> </td> <td>12,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caterpillar_Inc." title="Caterpillar Inc.">Caterpillar Inc</a> </td> <td>10,500 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UnityPoint_Health" title="UnityPoint Health">Carle Health</a> </td> <td>5,200 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td>Peoria Public Schools District 150 </td> <td>2,675 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td>Vonachen Services, Inc. </td> <td>1,200 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bradley_University" title="Bradley University">Bradley University</a> </td> <td>1,200 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Komatsu_Limited" title="Komatsu Limited">Komatsu Limited</a> </td> <td>912 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GFL_Environmental" title="GFL Environmental">GFL Environmental</a> </td> <td>888 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peoria_County,_Illinois" title="Peoria County, Illinois">Citizens Equity First Credit Union</a> </td> <td>875 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td>City of Peoria </td> <td>850 </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arts_and_culture">Arts and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Arts and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St._Mary_Cathedral_-_Peoria_03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/St._Mary_Cathedral_-_Peoria_03.jpg/170px-St._Mary_Cathedral_-_Peoria_03.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="258" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/St._Mary_Cathedral_-_Peoria_03.jpg/255px-St._Mary_Cathedral_-_Peoria_03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/St._Mary_Cathedral_-_Peoria_03.jpg/340px-St._Mary_Cathedral_-_Peoria_03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3286" data-file-height="4991" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_Saint_Mary_of_the_Immaculate_Conception_(Peoria,_Illinois)" title="Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception (Peoria, Illinois)">Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Museums">Museums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Museums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Museums in Peoria include the <a href="/wiki/Pettengill%E2%80%93Morron_House" title="Pettengill–Morron House">Pettengill-Morron House</a>, the <a href="/wiki/John_C._Flanagan_House_Museum" title="John C. Flanagan House Museum">John C Flanagan House</a> of the Peoria Historical Society, and the <a href="/wiki/Wheels_O%27_Time_Museum" title="Wheels O' Time Museum">Wheels o' Time Museum</a>. The Museum Block, opened on October 12, 2012, houses the <a href="/wiki/Peoria_Riverfront_Museum" title="Peoria Riverfront Museum">Peoria Riverfront Museum</a> and the Caterpillar World Visitors Center.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Museum Block, also known as Museum Square,<sup id="cite_ref-:8_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a $100+ million project that contains the Peoria Riverfront Museum<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and The Caterpillar Experience,<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a museum and visitor center showcasing Caterpillar past, present, and future.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is located in downtown Peoria along the Illinois River at the site formerly known as the Sears Block or Washington Square.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_75-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Block broke ground on September 7, 2010<sup id="cite_ref-:8_75-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and opened in October 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Peoria PlayHouse Children's Museum opened in June 2015 in the Glen Oak Pavilion.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Festivals">Festivals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Festivals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Heart of Illinois Fair was established in 1949 and has run annually since. <sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Steamboat_Classic" title="Steamboat Classic">Steamboat Classic</a>, held every summer, is the world's largest four-mile (6 km) running race and draws international runners.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Peoria Santa Claus Parade, which started in 1888, is the oldest running holiday parade in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Peoria Art Guild, in partnership with the Peoria Park District, hosts the Annual Art Fair, which is continually rated as one of the 100 top art fairs in the nation. The Peoria Park District also partners with a variety of organizations to annually host Fiesta en el Rio, Peoria Irish Fest, River City Soul Fest and Gospel Fest, India Fest, Peoria Irish Fest, and Oktoberfest. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Performing_arts">Performing arts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Performing arts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Madison_Theatre.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Madison_Theatre.JPG/220px-Madison_Theatre.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Madison_Theatre.JPG/330px-Madison_Theatre.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Madison_Theatre.JPG/440px-Madison_Theatre.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Madison_Theatre" title="Madison Theatre">Madison Theatre</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Peoria_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Peoria Symphony Orchestra">Peoria Symphony Orchestra</a> is the 14th oldest in the nation. Peoria is also home to the Peoria Municipal Band, the Peoria Area Civic Chorale, the Youth Music Illinois (formerly known as Central Illinois Youth Symphony), Central Illinois Ballet, and the Peoria Ballet. Several community and professional theaters have their home in and around Peoria, including the Peoria Players, which is the fourth-oldest community theater in the nation and the oldest in Illinois.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Corn Stock Theatre is another community theater company in Peoria, and is the only outdoor theater company in Central Illinois.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Peoria has hosted the <a href="/wiki/Heart_of_Illinois_Fair" title="Heart of Illinois Fair">Heart of Illinois Fair</a> every year since 1949.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Fair" title="Fair">fair</a> features livestock competitions, rides, concessions, motor contests, and concerts.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Civic_Center">Civic Center</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Civic Center"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Peoria_Civic_Center" title="Peoria Civic Center">Peoria Civic Center</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hotel_Pere_Marquette" class="mw-redirect" title="Hotel Pere Marquette">Hotel Pere Marquette</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Peoria_Civic_Center.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Peoria_Civic_Center.JPG/220px-Peoria_Civic_Center.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Peoria_Civic_Center.JPG/330px-Peoria_Civic_Center.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Peoria_Civic_Center.JPG/440px-Peoria_Civic_Center.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Peoria_Civic_Center" title="Peoria Civic Center">Peoria Civic Center</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Peoria_Civic_Center" title="Peoria Civic Center">Peoria Civic Center</a> includes an arena, convention center, and theater, and opened June 6, 1982, was designed by the famed late architect <a href="/wiki/Philip_Johnson" title="Philip Johnson">Philip Johnson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It completed a $55 million renovation and expansion by 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Hotel_Pere_Marquette" class="mw-redirect" title="Hotel Pere Marquette">Hotel Pere Marquette</a> finished renovations in 2013<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a skyway linking to the Peoria Civic Center. A new 10-story <a href="/wiki/Courtyard_by_Marriott" title="Courtyard by Marriott">Courtyard</a> has been built adjacent to this hotel, completing a hotel campus for larger conventions.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The Civic Center hosts a variety of events in its arena, convention center, and theatre, including <a href="/wiki/Bradley_Braves_men%27s_basketball" title="Bradley Braves men's basketball">Bradley Braves men's basketball</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peoria_Rivermen_(SPHL)" title="Peoria Rivermen (SPHL)">Peoria Rivermen (SPHL)</a>, the IHSA State Chess Championship. Which claims to be the largest chess team tournament in the United States: Beginning in 2018, the teams were narrowed to 128 by the use of sectional elimination competitions, and as of 2018<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> the tournament has about 1500 players, including up to 8 players and 4 alternates per team.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Library">Library</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Library"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Image_Lincoln_Branch_Peoria_Public_Library.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Image_Lincoln_Branch_Peoria_Public_Library.jpeg/220px-Image_Lincoln_Branch_Peoria_Public_Library.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Image_Lincoln_Branch_Peoria_Public_Library.jpeg/330px-Image_Lincoln_Branch_Peoria_Public_Library.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Image_Lincoln_Branch_Peoria_Public_Library.jpeg/440px-Image_Lincoln_Branch_Peoria_Public_Library.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="5423" data-file-height="3604" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Branch_Peoria_Public_Library" title="Lincoln Branch Peoria Public Library">Lincoln Branch Peoria Public Library</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_library" title="Carnegie library">Carnegie library</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Library services in Peoria originated in 1855 with two rival libraries, the Peoria Mercantile Library and the Peoria Library, which consolidated in 1856 as the Peoria City Library, and contained over 1,500 volumes.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Peoria Public Library has five locations, including the Main Library in downtown Peoria, the <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Branch_Peoria_Public_Library" title="Lincoln Branch Peoria Public Library">Lincoln Branch</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_library" title="Carnegie library">Carnegie library</a> opened in 1911, the Lakeview Branch, McClure Branch, and North Branch. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Registered_historic_places">Registered historic places</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Registered historic places"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_City_of_Peoria_Historic_Landmarks_and_Districts" class="mw-redirect" title="List of City of Peoria Historic Landmarks and Districts">List of City of Peoria Historic Landmarks and Districts</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 17em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_National_Bank_Building_(Peoria)" class="mw-redirect" title="Central National Bank Building (Peoria)">Central National Bank Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Presbyterian_Church_(Peoria)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Peoria)">Cumberland Presbyterian Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Army_of_the_Republic_Memorial_Hall_(Peoria)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall (Peoria)">Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grandview_Drive" title="Grandview Drive">Grandview Drive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Harvester_Building" title="International Harvester Building">International Harvester Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Proctor_Recreation_Center" title="John C. Proctor Recreation Center">John C. Proctor Recreation Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judge_Flanagan_Residence" class="mw-redirect" title="Judge Flanagan Residence">Judge Flanagan Residence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judge_Jacob_Gale_House" title="Judge Jacob Gale House">Judge Jacob Gale House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison_Theatre" title="Madison Theatre">Madison Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Side_Historic_District_(Peoria,_Illinois)" title="North Side Historic District (Peoria, Illinois)">North Side Historic District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peace_and_Harvest" title="Peace and Harvest">Peace and Harvest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peoria_City_Hall" title="Peoria City Hall">Peoria City Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peoria_Cordage_Company" title="Peoria Cordage Company">Peoria Cordage Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peoria_Mineral_Springs" title="Peoria Mineral Springs">Peoria Mineral Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peoria_Water_Works_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Peoria Water Works Company">Peoria Waterworks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pere_Marquette_Hotel" class="mw-redirect" title="Pere Marquette Hotel">Pere Marquette Hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pettingill-Morron_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Pettingill-Morron House">Pettingill-Morron House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_Island_Depot_and_Freight_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Rock Island Depot and Freight House">Rock Island Depot and Freight House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Springdale_Cemetery" title="Springdale Cemetery">Springdale Cemetery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bluff_Historic_District" title="West Bluff Historic District">West Bluff Historic District</a></li> <li>A. Lucas & Sons</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Sports_clubs_and_teams_in_Peoria,_Illinois" title="Category:Sports clubs and teams in Peoria, Illinois">Category:Sports clubs and teams in Peoria, Illinois</a></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Club </th> <th scope="col">League </th> <th scope="col">Sport </th> <th scope="col">Venue </th> <th scope="col">Established </th> <th scope="col">Championships </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Peoria_Chiefs" title="Peoria Chiefs">Peoria Chiefs</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Midwest_League" title="Midwest League">Midwest League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">Baseball</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dozer_Park" title="Dozer Park">Dozer Park</a> </td> <td>1983 </td> <td>1 (2002) </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Peoria_Rivermen_(SPHL)" title="Peoria Rivermen (SPHL)">Peoria Rivermen</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/SPHL" title="SPHL">SPHL</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ice_Hockey" class="mw-redirect" title="Ice Hockey">Ice Hockey</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peoria_Civic_Center" title="Peoria Civic Center">Carver Arena</a> </td> <td>1982 </td> <td>5 (1985, 1991, 2000, 2022, 2024) </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Peoria_Mustangs" title="Peoria Mustangs">Peoria Mustangs</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/North_American_3_Hockey_League" title="North American 3 Hockey League">NA3HL</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ice_Hockey" class="mw-redirect" title="Ice Hockey">Ice Hockey</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Owens_Center" title="Owens Center">Owens Center</a> </td> <td>2000 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Peoria_City_(soccer)" title="Peoria City (soccer)">Peoria City</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/USL_League_Two" title="USL League Two">USL League Two</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Association football</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shea_Stadium_(Peoria,_Illinois)" title="Shea Stadium (Peoria, Illinois)">Shea Stadium (Peoria, Illinois)</a> </td> <td>2020 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">Peoria Piggies<sup id="cite_ref-:1_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>(Rugby Football Club) </p> </th> <td>D4 Midwest League </td> <td>Rugby </td> <td>Catholic Charities </td> <td>1958 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">Peoria Bootleggers<sup id="cite_ref-:1_100-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td> </td> <td>Rugby </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">Peoria Prowlers<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roller_Derby" class="mw-redirect" title="Roller Derby">Roller Derby</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>2019<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Bradley_Braves_men%27s_basketball" title="Bradley Braves men's basketball">Bradley Braves Basketball</a> </th> <td>Missouri Valley </td> <td><a href="/wiki/College_basketball" title="College basketball">Basketball</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carver_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Carver Arena">Carver Arena</a> </td> <td>2012 </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_sports_teams">Former sports teams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Former sports teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Club </th> <th scope="col">League </th> <th scope="col">Sport </th> <th scope="col">Venue </th> <th scope="col">Established </th> <th scope="col">Dissolved </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Peoria_Distillers" title="Peoria Distillers">Peoria Distillers</a> </th> <td>Multiple </td> <td>Baseball </td> <td>Lake View Park </td> <td>1894 </td> <td>1917 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Caterpillar_Diesels" title="Caterpillar Diesels">Caterpillar Diesels</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Amateur_Athletic_Union" title="Amateur Athletic Union">Amateur Athletic Union</a> </td> <td>Baskeball </td> <td>Peoria Armory <p>Robertson Field House </p> </td> <td>1937 </td> <td>1960 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Peoria_Redwings" title="Peoria Redwings">Peoria Redwings</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/All-American_Girls_Professional_Baseball_League" title="All-American Girls Professional Baseball League">All-American Girls</a> <p><a href="/wiki/All-American_Girls_Professional_Baseball_League" title="All-American Girls Professional Baseball League">Professional Baseball League</a> </p> </td> <td>Baseball </td> <td>Peoria Stadium </td> <td>1946 </td> <td>1951 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">Peoria Push Roller Derby </th> <td><a href="/wiki/WFTDA" class="mw-redirect" title="WFTDA">WFTDA</a> Apprentice League </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roller_Derby" class="mw-redirect" title="Roller Derby">Roller Derby</a> </td> <td>Expo Gardens </td> <td>2010 </td> <td>2016<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parks_and_recreation">Parks and recreation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Parks and recreation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Grandview_Drive" title="Grandview Drive">Grandview Drive</a>, which <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt" title="Theodore Roosevelt">Theodore Roosevelt</a> purportedly called the "world's most beautiful drive" during a 1910 visit,<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> runs through both Peoria and <a href="/wiki/Peoria_Heights,_Illinois" title="Peoria Heights, Illinois">Peoria Heights</a>. In addition to Grandview Drive, the Peoria Park District contains 9,000 acres (36 km<sup>2</sup>) of parks and trails, making it the largest park system in Illinois. The Illinois River Bluff Trail connects four Peoria Park District parks: Camp Wokanda, Robinson Park, Green Valley Camp, and Detweiller Park; the Rock Island Greenway (13 miles) connects the State of Illinois Rock Island trail traveling north to Toulon, IL and also connects southeast to East Peoria, IL and to the Morton Community Bikeway. Other parks include the <a href="/wiki/Forest_Park_Nature_Center" title="Forest Park Nature Center">Forest Park Nature Center</a>, which features seven miles of hiking trails through prairie openings and forested woodlands, Glen Oak Park, and Bradley Park, which features disc golf as well as a dog park. Peoria has five public <a href="/wiki/Golf_course" title="Golf course">golf courses</a>, as well as several private and semi-private golf courses. The Peoria Park District, the first and still largest park district in Illinois, was the 2001 Winner of the National Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Parks and Recreation for Class II Parks.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Various cultural institutions are located in Glen Oak Park. The <a href="/wiki/Peoria_Zoo" title="Peoria Zoo">Peoria Zoo</a>, formerly Glen Oak Zoo, was expanded and refurbished in recent years. Finished in 2009, the new zoo improvements more than triple the size of the zoo and feature a major African safari exhibit.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/George_L._Luthy_Memorial_Botanical_Garden" title="George L. Luthy Memorial Botanical Garden">Luthy Garden</a>, established in 1951, is 5 acres (2.0 ha) and offers over a dozen theme gardens and a Conservatory.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">June 2008</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Peoria is a <a href="/wiki/Home_rule" title="Home rule">home rule</a> <a href="/wiki/Municipality" title="Municipality">municipality</a> with a <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">mayor</a> and ten <a href="/wiki/City_council" class="mw-redirect" title="City council">city council</a> members. It has a council-manager form of government. The city is divided into five districts. Five council members are elected at-large via <a href="/wiki/Cumulative_voting" title="Cumulative voting">cumulative voting</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Elected officials<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Office</th> <th>Office holder </th></tr> <tr> <td>Mayor</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rita_Ali" title="Rita Ali">Rita Ali</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>City Council Member – District 1</td> <td>Denise Jackson </td></tr> <tr> <td>City Council Member – District 2</td> <td>Chuck Grayeb </td></tr> <tr> <td>City Council Member – District 3</td> <td>Timothy Riggenbach </td></tr> <tr> <td>City Council Member – District 4</td> <td>Andre Allen </td></tr> <tr> <td>City Council Member – District 5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Denis_Cyr" title="Denis Cyr">Denis Cyr</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>City Council Member – At Large</td> <td>Kiran Velpula </td></tr> <tr> <td>City Council Member – At Large</td> <td>Zachary M. Oyler </td></tr> <tr> <td>City Council Member – At Large</td> <td>Mike Vespa </td></tr> <tr> <td>City Council Member – At Large</td> <td>Bernice Gordon-Young </td></tr> <tr> <td>City Council Member – At Large</td> <td>John L. Kelly </td></tr> <tr> <td>City/Township Clerk</td> <td>Stefanie Tarr </td></tr> <tr> <td>City Treasurer/Township Collector</td> <td>Chet Tomczyk </td></tr> <tr> <td>Township Supervisor</td> <td>LaTrina Leary </td></tr> <tr> <td>Township Assessor</td> <td>Max Schlafley </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Township_of_the_City_of_Peoria">Township of the City of Peoria</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Township of the City of Peoria"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_highlighting_Peoria_City_Township,_Peoria_County,_Illinois.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Map_highlighting_Peoria_City_Township%2C_Peoria_County%2C_Illinois.svg/170px-Map_highlighting_Peoria_City_Township%2C_Peoria_County%2C_Illinois.svg.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Map_highlighting_Peoria_City_Township%2C_Peoria_County%2C_Illinois.svg/255px-Map_highlighting_Peoria_City_Township%2C_Peoria_County%2C_Illinois.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Map_highlighting_Peoria_City_Township%2C_Peoria_County%2C_Illinois.svg/340px-Map_highlighting_Peoria_City_Township%2C_Peoria_County%2C_Illinois.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="766" data-file-height="766" /></a><figcaption>Outline of the Township of the City of Peoria in Peoria County</figcaption></figure> <p>The Township of the City of Peoria (also City of Peoria Township) is a separate government from the City of Peoria, and performs the functions of <a href="/wiki/Civil_township" title="Civil township">civil township</a> government in most of the city. The township was created by the Peoria County Board to match the boundaries of the City of Peoria, which until then had overlapped portions of Peoria Township (now <a href="/wiki/West_Peoria_Township,_Peoria_County,_Illinois" title="West Peoria Township, Peoria County, Illinois">West Peoria Township</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Richwoods_Township,_Peoria_County,_Illinois" title="Richwoods Township, Peoria County, Illinois">Richwoods Township</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The border of the township grew with the Peoria city limits until 1990, when it was frozen at its current boundaries, containing about 53 sq mi (140 km<sup>2</sup>);<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the City of Peoria itself has continued expanding outside the City of Peoria Township borders into <a href="/wiki/Kickapoo_Township,_Peoria_County,_Illinois" title="Kickapoo Township, Peoria County, Illinois">Kickapoo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Limestone_Township,_Peoria_County,_Illinois" title="Limestone Township, Peoria County, Illinois">Limestone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Medina_Township,_Peoria_County,_Illinois" title="Medina Township, Peoria County, Illinois">Medina</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Radnor_Township,_Peoria_County,_Illinois" title="Radnor Township, Peoria County, Illinois">Radnor</a> township. In the years before the freeze, the Township of the City of Peoria had grown to take up most of the former area of <a href="/wiki/Richwoods_Township,_Peoria_County,_Illinois" title="Richwoods Township, Peoria County, Illinois">Richwoods</a> and what is now <a href="/wiki/West_Peoria_Township,_Peoria_County,_Illinois" title="West Peoria Township, Peoria County, Illinois">West Peoria Township</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>This township has the following neighborhoods: </p> <ul><li>Averyville* </li> <li>Central Peoria</li> <li>Downtown</li> <li>East Bluff</li> <li>El Vista* </li> <li>Glen Oak-Flanagan Historic District</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grandview_Drive" title="Grandview Drive">Grandview Drive</a></li> <li>Heart of Peoria</li> <li>Moss-Bradley</li> <li>North Valley</li> <li>Northwest Peoria</li> <li>Randolph-Roanoke Historic District</li> <li>University East</li> <li>The Uplands</li> <li>West Bluff</li></ul> <p>* - unincorporated towns that were assimilated by the City of Peoria: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Peoria_20231119_0363_Peoria_High_School.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Peoria_20231119_0363_Peoria_High_School.jpg/220px-Peoria_20231119_0363_Peoria_High_School.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Peoria_20231119_0363_Peoria_High_School.jpg/330px-Peoria_20231119_0363_Peoria_High_School.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Peoria_20231119_0363_Peoria_High_School.jpg/440px-Peoria_20231119_0363_Peoria_High_School.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4463" data-file-height="2976" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Peoria_High_School_(Peoria,_Illinois)" title="Peoria High School (Peoria, Illinois)">Peoria High School</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Peoria is divided between several public <a href="/wiki/K-12" class="mw-redirect" title="K-12">K-12</a> school districts:<sup id="cite_ref-SDMap2020_115-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SDMap2020-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Peoria_Public_Schools_District_150" class="mw-redirect" title="Peoria Public Schools District 150">Peoria Public Schools District 150</a> is the largest and serves the majority of the city.<sup id="cite_ref-SDMap2020_115-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SDMap2020-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> District 150 schools include dozens of primary and middle schools, as well as three public high schools: <a href="/wiki/Richwoods_High_School" title="Richwoods High School">Richwoods High School</a>, which hosts the competitive International Baccalaureate Program of study; <a href="/wiki/Manual_High_School_(Peoria,_Illinois)" title="Manual High School (Peoria, Illinois)">Manual High School</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Peoria_High_School_(Peoria,_Illinois)" title="Peoria High School (Peoria, Illinois)">Peoria High School</a> (Central), the oldest high school in Illinois.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the end of the 2009–2010 school year, a fourth high school, <a href="/wiki/Woodruff_High_School_(Peoria,_Illinois)" class="mw-redirect" title="Woodruff High School (Peoria, Illinois)">Woodruff High School</a>, closed. According to SchoolDigger, District 150 has the highest-ranking <a href="/wiki/Middle_school" title="Middle school">middle school</a> (Washington Gifted Middle School).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunlap_Community_Unit_School_District_323" title="Dunlap Community Unit School District 323">Dunlap Community Unit School District 323</a> serves the far north and northwest parts of Peoria,<sup id="cite_ref-SDMap2020_115-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SDMap2020-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that were mostly outside the city before the 1990s.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Dunlap schools have <a href="/wiki/Dunlap_High_School" title="Dunlap High School">Dunlap High School</a>, 2 Middle Schools and 5 Elementary schools.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pleasant_Valley_School_District_62&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pleasant Valley School District 62 (page does not exist)">Pleasant Valley School District 62</a> includes a part of western Peoria.<sup id="cite_ref-SDMap2020_115-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SDMap2020-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limestone_Community_High_School_District_310" title="Limestone Community High School District 310">Limestone Community High School District 310</a> serves a small portion of the western edge of the City of Peoria<sup id="cite_ref-SDMap2020_115-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SDMap2020-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (western edges of Wardcliffe and Lexington Hills areas<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>), but mainly serves the suburbs of <a href="/wiki/Bartonville,_Illinois" title="Bartonville, Illinois">Bartonville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bellevue,_Illinois" title="Bellevue, Illinois">Bellevue</a> and surrounding towns.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peoria_Heights_Community_Unit_School_District_325" title="Peoria Heights Community Unit School District 325">Peoria Heights Community Unit School District 325</a> serves the suburb of <a href="/wiki/Peoria_Heights,_Illinois" title="Peoria Heights, Illinois">Peoria Heights</a>; however, parts of the City of Peoria immediately outside the Heights are in this school district.<sup id="cite_ref-SDMap2020_115-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SDMap2020-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Valley_Central_Unit_School_District_321&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Illinois Valley Central Unit School District 321 (page does not exist)">Illinois Valley Central Unit School District 321</a> includes parts of northeast Peoria<sup id="cite_ref-SDMap2020_115-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SDMap2020-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Peoria was also served by Quest Charter Academy, a STEM focused school serving grades 5–12, until the charter school closed its doors at the conclusion of the 2024 school year.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bradley_U_Bradley_Hall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Bradley_U_Bradley_Hall.jpg/220px-Bradley_U_Bradley_Hall.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Bradley_U_Bradley_Hall.jpg/330px-Bradley_U_Bradley_Hall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Bradley_U_Bradley_Hall.jpg/440px-Bradley_U_Bradley_Hall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Bradley Hall at <a href="/wiki/Bradley_University" title="Bradley University">Bradley University</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Peoria" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria">Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria</a> runs six schools in the city: five grade schools and <a href="/wiki/Peoria_Notre_Dame_High_School" title="Peoria Notre Dame High School">Peoria Notre Dame High School</a>. Non-denominational Peoria Christian School operates a grade school, middle school, and high school. In addition, Concordia Lutheran School, Peoria Academy, Christ Lutheran School, <a href="/wiki/Congregation_Anshai_Emeth" title="Congregation Anshai Emeth">Peoria Hebrew Day School</a>, and several smaller private schools exist.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Bradley_University" title="Bradley University">Bradley University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Methodist_College_(Illinois)" title="Methodist College (Illinois)">Methodist College</a>, OSF St. Francis College of Nursing, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_College_of_Medicine" title="University of Illinois College of Medicine">University of Illinois College of Medicine</a> at Peoria, and the north campus of <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Central_College" title="Illinois Central College">Illinois Central College</a> are based in the city. The former Peoria campus of <a href="/wiki/Roosevelt_University" title="Roosevelt University">Roosevelt University</a> is now closed. Additionally, <a href="/wiki/Eureka_College" title="Eureka College">Eureka College</a> and the main campus of <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Central_College" title="Illinois Central College">Illinois Central College</a> are located nearby in <a href="/wiki/Eureka,_Illinois" title="Eureka, Illinois">Eureka</a> and <a href="/wiki/East_Peoria,_Illinois" title="East Peoria, Illinois">East Peoria</a>, respectively. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Media_in_Peoria,_Illinois" title="Media in Peoria, Illinois">Media in Peoria, Illinois</a></div> <p>As of 2024 <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_Media_Research" title="Nielsen Media Research">Nielsen ratings</a>, Peoria is the 157th largest <a href="/wiki/Media_market" title="Media market">radio market</a> in the United States<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Peoria-Bloomington is the 122nd largest television market in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The area has 14 commercial radio stations with six owners among them; four non-commercial full-power radio stations, each separately owned;<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> five commercial television stations with two operating owners among them;<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> one non-commercial television station;<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and one daily newspaper (<i><a href="/wiki/Peoria_Journal_Star" class="mw-redirect" title="Peoria Journal Star">Peoria Journal Star</a></i>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NOAA_Weather_Radio">NOAA Weather Radio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: NOAA Weather Radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/NOAA_Weather_Radio" title="NOAA Weather Radio">NOAA Weather Radio</a> station WXJ71 transmits from <a href="/wiki/East_Peoria,_Illinois" title="East Peoria, Illinois">East Peoria</a> and is licensed to NOAA's <a href="/wiki/National_Weather_Service_Lincoln,_Illinois" title="National Weather Service Lincoln, Illinois">National Weather Service Central Illinois</a> Weather Forecast Office at <a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_Illinois" title="Lincoln, Illinois">Lincoln</a>, broadcasting on a frequency of 162.475 mHz (channel 4 on most newer weather radios, and most SAME weather radios). The station activates the SAME tone alarm feature and a 1050 Hz tone activating older radios (except for AMBER Alerts, using the SAME feature only) for hazardous weather and non-weather warnings and emergencies, along with selected weather watches, for the Illinois counties of <a href="/wiki/Fulton_County,_Illinois" title="Fulton County, Illinois">Fulton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Knox_County,_Illinois" title="Knox County, Illinois">Knox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marshall_County,_Illinois" title="Marshall County, Illinois">Marshall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mason_County,_Illinois" title="Mason County, Illinois">Mason</a>, <a href="/wiki/McLean_County,_Illinois" title="McLean County, Illinois">McLean</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peoria_County,_Illinois" title="Peoria County, Illinois">Peoria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stark_County,_Illinois" title="Stark County, Illinois">Stark</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tazewell_County,_Illinois" title="Tazewell County, Illinois">Tazewell</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Woodford_County,_Illinois" title="Woodford County, Illinois">Woodford</a>. Weather permitting, a tone alarm test of both the SAME and 1050 Hz tone features are conducted every Wednesday between 11 AM and noon.<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Peoria,_Illinois" title="Special:EditPage/Peoria, Illinois">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.<br /><small><span class="plainlinks"><i>Find sources:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22Peoria%2C+Illinois%22">"Peoria, Illinois"</a> – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22Peoria%2C+Illinois%22+-wikipedia&tbs=ar:1">news</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22Peoria%2C+Illinois%22&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks">newspapers</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22Peoria%2C+Illinois%22+-wikipedia">books</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Peoria%2C+Illinois%22">scholar</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22Peoria%2C+Illinois%22&acc=on&wc=on">JSTOR</a></span></small></span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2019</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health_and_medicine">Health and medicine</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Health and medicine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The health-care industry accounts for at least 25% of Peoria's economy.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2007)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The city has three major hospitals: <a href="/wiki/OSF_Saint_Francis_Medical_Center" title="OSF Saint Francis Medical Center">OSF Saint Francis Medical Center</a> (the area's Level I adult trauma center), Carle Health Peoria – Methodist (a level II adult trauma center), and Carle Health Peoria – Proctor. In addition, the <a href="/wiki/Children%27s_Hospital_of_Illinois" title="Children's Hospital of Illinois">Children's Hospital of Illinois</a> (a part of OSF Saint Francis, and the area's Level I pediatric trauma center), the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_College_of_Medicine" title="University of Illinois College of Medicine">University of Illinois College of Medicine</a> at Peoria, and the Midwest Affiliate of <a href="/wiki/St._Jude_Children%27s_Research_Hospital" title="St. Jude Children's Research Hospital">St. Jude Children's Research Hospital</a> are located in the city. The hospitals are all located in a medical district around the junction of <a href="/wiki/Interstate_74" title="Interstate 74">Interstate 74</a> and <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Route_40" title="Illinois Route 40">Knoxville Avenue</a>, adjacent to downtown in the southeast of the city, except for Carle Health Peoria – Proctor, which is in the geographic center of the city. The surrounding towns are also supported by Carle Health Peoria - Pekin Hospital in <a href="/wiki/Pekin,_Illinois" title="Pekin, Illinois">Pekin, Illinois</a>, Advocate Eureka Hospital in <a href="/wiki/Eureka,_Illinois" title="Eureka, Illinois">Eureka, Illinois</a>, and the Hopedale Medical Complex Hospital and Nursing Home in <a href="/wiki/Hopedale,_Illinois" title="Hopedale, Illinois">Hopedale, Illinois</a>. The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ipmr.org/">Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation</a> was created from the "Peoria Plan for Human Rehabilitation," a model for medical and occupational rehabilitation launched in 1943 to integrate returning World War II veterans back into the workplace. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transportation">Transportation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Bridges_in_Peoria,_Illinois" title="Bridges in Peoria, Illinois">Bridges in Peoria, Illinois</a> and <a href="/wiki/Peoria-to-Chicago_Highway" class="mw-redirect" title="Peoria-to-Chicago Highway">Peoria-to-Chicago Highway</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:McClugage_Bridge_Peoria-820.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/McClugage_Bridge_Peoria-820.JPG/220px-McClugage_Bridge_Peoria-820.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/McClugage_Bridge_Peoria-820.JPG/330px-McClugage_Bridge_Peoria-820.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/McClugage_Bridge_Peoria-820.JPG/440px-McClugage_Bridge_Peoria-820.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4928" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>The twin steel truss bridges known as McClugage Bridge, spanning the Illinois River at Peoria</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Interstate_and_U.S._routes">Interstate and U.S. routes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Interstate and U.S. routes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Peoria area is served by three <a href="/wiki/Interstate_highway" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate highway">Interstate highways</a>: <a href="/wiki/Interstate_74" title="Interstate 74">Interstate 74</a>, which runs from northwest to southeast through the downtown area, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_474" title="Interstate 474">Interstate 474</a>, a southern bypass of I-74 through portions of Peoria and the suburbs of <a href="/wiki/Bartonville,_Illinois" title="Bartonville, Illinois">Bartonville</a> and <a href="/wiki/Creve_Coeur,_Illinois" title="Creve Coeur, Illinois">Creve Coeur</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Interstate_155_(Illinois)" title="Interstate 155 (Illinois)">Interstate 155</a>, which runs south from I-74 in Morton to <a href="/wiki/Interstate_55" title="Interstate 55">Interstate 55</a> in Lincoln which connects to Springfield and St. Louis. I-74 crosses over the Illinois River via the <a href="/wiki/Murray_Baker_Bridge" title="Murray Baker Bridge">Murray Baker Bridge</a>, while I-474 crosses via the <a href="/wiki/Shade-Lohmann_Bridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Shade-Lohmann Bridge">Shade-Lohmann Bridge</a>. The nearest metropolitan centers accessible on I-74 are the <a href="/wiki/Quad_Cities" title="Quad Cities">Quad Cities</a> to the west, and <a href="/wiki/Bloomington-Normal,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Bloomington-Normal, Illinois">Bloomington-Normal</a> to the east. </p><p>From 2004 to 2006, Interstate 74 between Interstate 474 on the west and <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Route_8" title="Illinois Route 8">Illinois Route 8</a> on the east was reconstructed as part of the <a href="/wiki/Interstate_74_in_Illinois#History" title="Interstate 74 in Illinois">Upgrade 74</a> project.<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_150" title="U.S. Route 150">U.S. Route 150</a> serves as the main arterial for the northern portion of the Peoria area, becoming War Memorial Drive before heading west towards Kickapoo. It enters from the <a href="/wiki/McClugage_Bridge" title="McClugage Bridge">McClugage Bridge</a>; east of the bridge, then runs southeast to <a href="/wiki/Morton,_Illinois" title="Morton, Illinois">Morton</a>. <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_24_in_Illinois#Quincy_to_East_Peoria" title="U.S. Route 24 in Illinois">U.S. Route 24</a> runs concurrently with Interstate 474 in the southwest portion of the city. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="State_routes">State routes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: State routes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following state routes run through Peoria: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Route_6" title="Illinois Route 6">Illinois Route 6</a> runs along the northwestern portion of the city as an extension of I-474. It is a four-lane freeway that runs from the I-74/474 intersection northeast to Illinois Route 29 south of <a href="/wiki/Chillicothe,_Illinois" title="Chillicothe, Illinois">Chillicothe</a>. It is marked as a north–south road.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Route_8" title="Illinois Route 8">Illinois Route 8</a> roughly parallels I-74 to the south. It enters Peoria from <a href="/wiki/Elmwood,_Illinois" title="Elmwood, Illinois">Elmwood</a> and runs southeast through the city, passing just southwest of the downtown area. Illinois 8 crosses into East Peoria via the <a href="/wiki/Cedar_Street_Bridge" title="Cedar Street Bridge">Cedar Street Bridge</a> with 116. Illinois 8 is marked as an east–west road.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Route_29" title="Illinois Route 29">Illinois Route 29</a> runs through Peoria along the Illinois River from Chillicothe through downtown Peoria. It then joins Interstate 74 across the Murray Baker Bridge. Illinois 29 is marked as a north–south road, and is called Galena Road north of U.S. 150.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Route_40" title="Illinois Route 40">Illinois Route 40</a> (formerly 88) enters Peoria from the north as Knoxville Avenue. It runs south through the center of the city and exits southeast over the <a href="/wiki/Bob_Michel_Bridge" title="Bob Michel Bridge">Bob Michel Bridge</a>. Illinois 40 is marked as a north–south road.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Route_91" title="Illinois Route 91">Illinois Route 91</a> briefly enters Peoria at the intersection with U.S. 150 in the far northwestern portion of the city. Traffic on Illinois 91 mainly accesses <a href="/wiki/The_Shoppes_at_Grand_Prairie" title="The Shoppes at Grand Prairie">The Shoppes at Grand Prairie</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or continues to Dunlap.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Route_116" title="Illinois Route 116">Illinois Route 116</a> enters from the west at <a href="/wiki/Bellevue,_Illinois" title="Bellevue, Illinois">Bellevue</a>. It runs directly east and crosses into East Peoria over the Cedar Street Bridge.</li></ul> <p>The planned <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Route_336" title="Illinois Route 336">Illinois Route 336</a> project will also connect Illinois 336 with I-474 between Illinois 8 and Illinois 116. Construction on the segment nearest Peoria has not started, nor has funding been allocated. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Rail_transportation">Rail transportation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Rail transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Peoria remains a major freight hub but its minor passenger service has been waning since the 1950s.<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Metro Peoria is served by ten <a href="/wiki/Common_carrier" title="Common carrier">common carrier</a> <a href="/wiki/Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Railroad">railroads</a>. Four are <a href="/wiki/Class_I_railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Class I railroad">Class I railroads</a>: <a href="/wiki/BNSF" class="mw-redirect" title="BNSF">BNSF</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canadian_National" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian National">Canadian National</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Southern" class="mw-redirect" title="Norfolk Southern">Norfolk Southern</a> and <a href="/wiki/Union_Pacific" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Pacific">Union Pacific</a>. The latter has a north–south oriented line which skirts the west edge of the city but a line branches off of it to enter Peoria. One <a href="/wiki/Class_II_railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Class II railroad">Class II/Regional</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iowa_Interstate_Railroad" title="Iowa Interstate Railroad">Iowa Interstate</a>, serves the city, coming out of <a href="/wiki/Bureau_Junction" class="mw-redirect" title="Bureau Junction">Bureau Junction</a>, Illinois. Five <a href="/wiki/Class_III_railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Class III railroad">Class III/Shortline</a> railroads: <a href="/wiki/Central_Illinois_Railroad" title="Central Illinois Railroad">Central Illinois Railroad</a>, which operates a portion of the city-owned Peoria, Peoria Heights and Western Railroad; three <a href="/wiki/Genesee_%26_Wyoming" title="Genesee & Wyoming">Genesee & Wyoming</a>-owned operations: <a href="/wiki/Toledo,_Peoria_%26_Western_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway">Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway</a>, which runs next to US 24 east to <a href="/wiki/Logansport,_Indiana" title="Logansport, Indiana">Logansport, Indiana</a> (formally owned by <a href="/wiki/Rail_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Rail America">Rail America</a>), <a href="/wiki/Illinois_%26_Midland_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Illinois & Midland Railroad">Illinois & Midland Railroad</a> (the former Chicago & Illinois Midland, comes up from Springfield and Havana) and <a href="/wiki/Tazewell_%26_Peoria_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Tazewell & Peoria Railroad">Tazewell & Peoria Railroad</a> (leases the <a href="/wiki/Peoria_%26_Pekin_Union_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Peoria & Pekin Union Railway">Peoria & Pekin Union Railway</a> from its owners Canadian National, Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific); Pioneer Railcorp's <a href="/wiki/Keokuk_Junction_Railway" title="Keokuk Junction Railway">Keokuk Junction Railway</a> (which now owns the Toledo, Peoria and Western's West End from Lomax and La Harpe in Western Illinois, plus the branch from Keokuk).<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several Midwestern railroads served <a href="/wiki/Peoria_Union_Station" title="Peoria Union Station">Peoria Union Station</a> until 1955. The <a href="/wiki/Rock_Island_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Rock Island Railroad">Rock Island Railroad</a> operated trains into its <a href="/wiki/Peoria_station_(Rock_Island_Line)" title="Peoria station (Rock Island Line)">Rock Island Depot</a> until 1978, when they discontinued the <i>Peoria Rocket</i>. <a href="/wiki/East_Peoria,_Illinois" title="East Peoria, Illinois">East Peoria</a> was served by Amtrak's <i><a href="/wiki/Prairie_Marksman" title="Prairie Marksman">Prairie Marksman</a></i> (Chicago–East Peoria) until 1981. Peoria is currently the second largest city in Illinois without passenger rail service; the closest passenger stations are <a href="/wiki/Galesburg_station_(Amtrak)" title="Galesburg station (Amtrak)">Galesburg</a> (served by <a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a>'s Chicago–Los Angeles <i><a href="/wiki/Southwest_Chief" title="Southwest Chief">Southwest Chief</a></i>) and <a href="/wiki/Uptown_Station" title="Uptown Station">Bloomington</a> (served by Amtrak's Chicago-St. Louis <i><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Service" title="Lincoln Service">Lincoln Service</a></i>). A study of East Peoria–Bloomington passenger rail service was published in 2011. Plans for the proposed service, which would have connected with Amtrak's <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Service" title="Lincoln Service">Lincoln Service</a> at Bloomington, were abandoned due to financial considerations.<sup id="cite_ref-pjs-amtrak-peoria-chicago_133-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pjs-amtrak-peoria-chicago-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A study of Peoria–Chicago passenger rail service was published in July 2022. The study, conducted by <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Department_of_Transportation" title="Illinois Department of Transportation">IDOT</a> at the request of a Passenger Rail Committee established in August 2021, estimated that startup costs for the proposed service would be $2.54 billion. The service would be operated by Amtrak and would have intermediate stops at LaSalle-Peru, <a href="/wiki/North_Utica,_Illinois" title="North Utica, Illinois">Utica</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ottawa,_Illinois" title="Ottawa, Illinois">Ottawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morris,_Illinois" title="Morris, Illinois">Morris</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Joliet,_Illinois" title="Joliet, Illinois">Joliet</a>. The trip between Peoria and Chicago would take about <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">2<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> hours. Committee members, who met with federal transportation officials and Amtrak's CEO, were hopeful about securing funding.<sup id="cite_ref-pjs-amtrak-peoria-chicago_133-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pjs-amtrak-peoria-chicago-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Public_transportation">Public transportation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Public transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Public bus service is provided by the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Peoria_Mass_Transit_District" title="Greater Peoria Mass Transit District">Greater Peoria Mass Transit District</a>, which operates 17 bus routes under the name CityLink that serve the city, <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Central_College" title="Illinois Central College">Illinois Central College</a>, and much of <a href="/wiki/East_Peoria,_Illinois" title="East Peoria, Illinois">East Peoria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peoria_Heights,_Illinois" title="Peoria Heights, Illinois">Peoria Heights</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Peoria,_Illinois" title="West Peoria, Illinois">West Peoria</a> in addition to points between Peoria and <a href="/wiki/Pekin,_Illinois" title="Pekin, Illinois">Pekin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Aviation">Aviation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Aviation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/General_Wayne_A._Downing_Peoria_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport">General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport</a> is located 5 miles west of Peoria. The airport is served by 3 passenger airlines (<a href="/wiki/United_Express" title="United Express">United</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_Eagle_(airline_brand)" title="American Eagle (airline brand)">American</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Allegiant_Air" title="Allegiant Air">Allegiant Air</a>) and numerous cargo carriers. Nonstop destinations include Chicago, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Punta Gorda, and Charlotte.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Denver, Nashville, and Destin Fort Walton are seasonal destinations and <a href="/wiki/United_Parcel_Service" title="United Parcel Service">UPS</a> and <a href="/wiki/DHL" title="DHL">DHL</a> are cargo carriers serving Peoria. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Mount_Hawley_Auxiliary_Airport" title="Mount Hawley Auxiliary Airport">Mount Hawley Auxiliary Airport</a>, on the north end of the city, is a <a href="/wiki/General_aviation" title="General aviation">general aviation</a> airport.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Peoria,_Illinois" title="List of people from Peoria, Illinois">List of people from Peoria, Illinois</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Cleanup-list plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/40px-Edit-clear.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/60px-Edit-clear.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/80px-Edit-clear.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>may contain <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">unverified</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_an_indiscriminate_collection_of_information" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">indiscriminate</a> information</b> in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Embedded_lists" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Embedded lists">embedded lists</a>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit">clean up the lists</a> by removing items or incorporating them into the text of the article.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2019</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Thomas_Bergan" title="Gerald Thomas Bergan">Gerald Thomas Bergan</a>, clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caroline_Brown_Bourland" title="Caroline Brown Bourland">Caroline Brown Bourland</a>, Professor & Scholar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lydia_Moss_Bradley" title="Lydia Moss Bradley">Lydia Moss Bradley</a>, founded <a href="/wiki/Bradley_University" title="Bradley University">Bradley University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Jos%C3%A9_Farmer" title="Philip José Farmer">Philip José Farmer</a>, Science Fiction Author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Fogelberg" title="Dan Fogelberg">Dan Fogelberg</a>, Singer & Songwriter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Betty_Friedan" title="Betty Friedan">Betty Friedan</a>, feminist writer and activist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Grier_Hibben" title="John Grier Hibben">John Grier Hibben</a>, Philosopher & Educator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._J._Guyton" title="A. J. Guyton">A. J. Guyton</a>, Professional basketball player, graduated from Peoria High School</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Johnston" title="Bruce Johnston">Bruce Johnston</a>, member of <a href="/wiki/The_Beach_Boys" title="The Beach Boys">the Beach Boys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Jordan_(actor)" title="Jim Jordan (actor)">Jim Jordan</a> (Fibber McGee), <i><a href="/wiki/Fibber_McGee_and_Molly" title="Fibber McGee and Molly">Fibber McGee and Molly</a></i> radio show</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marian_Jordan" class="mw-redirect" title="Marian Jordan">Marian Jordan</a> (Molly), <i>Fibber McGee and Molly</i> radio show</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mudvayne" title="Mudvayne">Mudvayne</a>, heavy metal band formed in 1996</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_%26_Bob" title="Tim & Bob">Tim Kelley</a> Multi Grammy Award Winning Record Producer, Key To The City of Peoria recipient</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_D._Duane" title="Thomas D. Duane">Thomas D. Duane</a>, Ophthalmologist who first described <a href="/wiki/Valsalva_retinopathy" title="Valsalva retinopathy">valsalva retinopathy</a> in 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Kinison" title="Sam Kinison">Sam Kinison</a>, Actor & Comedian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tami_Lane" title="Tami Lane">Tami Lane</a>, Oscar Winning Prosthetic Makeup Artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Lawler" title="Ralph Lawler">Ralph Lawler</a>, Voice of the NBA's <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a> for 41 years.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaun_Livingston" title="Shaun Livingston">Shaun Livingston</a>, NBA Player & Executive</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_McGrath" title="Bobby McGrath">Bobby McGrath</a>, pool player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherrick_McManis" title="Sherrick McManis">Sherrick McManis</a>, NFL Football Player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Michel" class="mw-redirect" title="Bob Michel">Bob Michel</a>, U.S. Congressman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor">Richard Pryor</a>, stand-up comedian and actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Randle" title="Brian Randle">Brian Randle</a> (born 1985), basketball player for <a href="/wiki/Maccabi_Tel_Aviv_B.C." title="Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.">Maccabi Tel Aviv</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Basketball_Super_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Israeli Basketball Super League">Israeli Basketball Super League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_%26_Bob" title="Tim & Bob">Bob Robinson</a>, Songwriter from the <a href="/wiki/Tim_%26_Bob" title="Tim & Bob">Tim & Bob</a> duo</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Salzenstein" title="Jeff Salzenstein">Jeff Salzenstein</a> (born 1973), tennis player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulton_J._Sheen" title="Fulton J. Sheen">Fulton J. Sheen</a>, Catholic archbishop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Sills_(judge)" title="David Sills (judge)">David Sills</a>, former mayor of <a href="/wiki/Irvine,_California" title="Irvine, California">Irvine</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> and son-in-law of <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Simmons" title="Dan Simmons">Dan Simmons</a>, Science Fiction & Horror Writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_W._Snedeker" title="Edward W. Snedeker">Edward W. Snedeker</a>, Decorated Marine Corps General</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Ogden_Stiers" title="David Ogden Stiers">David Ogden Stiers</a>, actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_X._Volz" title="Greg X. Volz">Greg X. Volz</a>, singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_A._Whiting" title="Richard A. Whiting">Richard A. Whiting</a>, composer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Zimmer" title="Mike Zimmer">Mike Zimmer</a>, American football coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyler_Ziegel" title="Tyler Ziegel">Tyler Ziegel</a>, US <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine</a>, Recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Purple_Heart" title="Purple Heart">Purple Heart</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Peoria_in_popular_culture">Peoria in popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Peoria in popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The theme of Peoria as the archetypal example of <a href="/wiki/Middle_America_(United_States)" title="Middle America (United States)">middle American</a> culture runs throughout American culture, appearing in movies and books, on television and radio, and in countless advertisements as either a filler place name or the representative of mainstream taste, hence the phrase "<a href="/wiki/Will_it_play_in_Peoria%3F" title="Will it play in Peoria?">Will it play in Peoria?</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Mudvayne" title="Mudvayne">Mudvayne</a>, an alternative metal band was founded in Peoria in 1996. Published posthumously in 2011, David Foster Wallace's unfinished novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Pale_King" title="The Pale King">The Pale King</a></i> features vignettes based in Peoria. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sister_cities">Sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoria,_Illinois&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Peoria's <a href="/wiki/Sister_cities" class="mw-redirect" title="Sister cities">sister cities</a> include:<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" 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Peoria County, Illinois">Chillicothe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elmwood_Township,_Peoria_County,_Illinois" title="Elmwood Township, Peoria County, Illinois">Elmwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hallock_Township,_Peoria_County,_Illinois" title="Hallock Township, Peoria County, Illinois">Hallock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hollis_Township,_Peoria_County,_Illinois" title="Hollis Township, Peoria County, Illinois">Hollis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jubilee_Township,_Peoria_County,_Illinois" title="Jubilee Township, Peoria County, Illinois">Jubilee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kickapoo_Township,_Peoria_County,_Illinois" title="Kickapoo Township, Peoria County, Illinois">Kickapoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limestone_Township,_Peoria_County,_Illinois" title="Limestone Township, Peoria County, Illinois">Limestone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logan_Township,_Peoria_County,_Illinois" title="Logan Township, Peoria County, Illinois">Logan</a></li> <li><a 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Illinois">Kickapoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_of_the_Woods,_Peoria_County,_Illinois" title="Lake of the Woods, Peoria County, Illinois">Lake of the Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laura,_Illinois" title="Laura, Illinois">Laura</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;">Footnotes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3" style="color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portal:Illinois_(state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:Illinois (state)"><span>Illinois portal</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal:United_States" title="Portal:United States"><span>United States portal</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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Illinois">Lombard</a>/<a href="/wiki/Addison,_Illinois" title="Addison, Illinois">Addison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evanston,_Illinois" title="Evanston, Illinois">Evanston</a>/<a href="/wiki/Skokie,_Illinois" title="Skokie, Illinois">Skokie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freeport,_Illinois" title="Freeport, Illinois">Freeport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galesburg,_Illinois" title="Galesburg, Illinois">Galesburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenview,_Illinois" title="Glenview, Illinois">Glenview</a>/<a href="/wiki/Northbrook,_Illinois" title="Northbrook, Illinois">Northbrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg,_Illinois" title="Harrisburg, Illinois">Harrisburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_Illinois" title="Jacksonville, Illinois">Jacksonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joliet,_Illinois" title="Joliet, Illinois">Joliet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kankakee,_Illinois" title="Kankakee, Illinois">Kankakee</a>/<a href="/wiki/Bradley,_Illinois" title="Bradley, Illinois">Bradley</a>/<a href="/wiki/Bourbonnais,_Illinois" title="Bourbonnais, Illinois">Bourbonnais</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_Illinois" title="Lincoln, Illinois">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macomb,_Illinois" title="Macomb, Illinois">Macomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion,_Illinois" title="Marion, Illinois">Marion</a>/<a href="/wiki/Herrin,_Illinois" title="Herrin, Illinois">Herrin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moline,_Illinois" title="Moline, Illinois">Moline</a>/<a href="/wiki/East_Moline,_Illinois" title="East Moline, Illinois">East Moline</a>/<a href="/wiki/Rock_Island,_Illinois" title="Rock Island, Illinois">Rock Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Vernon,_Illinois" title="Mount Vernon, Illinois">Mount Vernon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mundelein,_Illinois" title="Mundelein, Illinois">Mundelein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oak_Lawn,_Illinois" title="Oak Lawn, Illinois">Oak Lawn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oak_Park,_Illinois" title="Oak Park, Illinois">Oak Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orland_Park,_Illinois" title="Orland Park, Illinois">Orland Park</a>/<a href="/wiki/Tinley_Park,_Illinois" title="Tinley Park, Illinois">Tinley Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottawa,_Illinois" title="Ottawa, Illinois">Ottawa</a>/<a href="/wiki/Streator,_Illinois" title="Streator, Illinois">Streator</a>/<a href="/wiki/LaSalle,_Illinois" title="LaSalle, Illinois">LaSalle</a>/<a href="/wiki/Peru,_Illinois" title="Peru, Illinois">Peru</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Peoria</a>/<a href="/wiki/Pekin,_Illinois" title="Pekin, Illinois">Pekin</a>/<a href="/wiki/East_Peoria,_Illinois" title="East Peoria, Illinois">East Peoria</a>/<a href="/wiki/Morton,_Illinois" title="Morton, Illinois">Morton</a>/<a href="/wiki/Washington,_Illinois" title="Washington, Illinois">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontiac,_Illinois" title="Pontiac, Illinois">Pontiac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quincy,_Illinois" title="Quincy, Illinois">Quincy</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Rock_Falls,_Illinois" title="Rock Falls, Illinois">Rock Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylorville,_Illinois" title="Taylorville, Illinois">Taylorville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waukegan,_Illinois" title="Waukegan, Illinois">Waukegan</a>/<a href="/wiki/North_Chicago,_Illinois" title="North Chicago, Illinois">North Chicago</a>/<a href="/wiki/Gurnee,_Illinois" title="Gurnee, Illinois">Gurnee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheaton,_Illinois" title="Wheaton, Illinois">Wheaton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Illinois" title="List of counties in Illinois">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adams_County,_Illinois" title="Adams County, Illinois">Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_County,_Illinois" title="Alexander County, Illinois">Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bond_County,_Illinois" title="Bond County, Illinois">Bond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boone_County,_Illinois" title="Boone County, Illinois">Boone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brown_County,_Illinois" title="Brown County, Illinois">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bureau_County,_Illinois" title="Bureau County, Illinois">Bureau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calhoun_County,_Illinois" title="Calhoun County, Illinois">Calhoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll_County,_Illinois" title="Carroll County, Illinois">Carroll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cass_County,_Illinois" title="Cass County, Illinois">Cass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champaign_County,_Illinois" title="Champaign County, Illinois">Champaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_County,_Illinois" title="Christian County, Illinois">Christian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clark_County,_Illinois" title="Clark County, Illinois">Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Illinois" title="Clay County, Illinois">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton_County,_Illinois" title="Clinton County, Illinois">Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coles_County,_Illinois" title="Coles County, Illinois">Coles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cook_County,_Illinois" title="Cook County, Illinois">Cook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crawford_County,_Illinois" title="Crawford County, Illinois">Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Illinois" title="Cumberland County, Illinois">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeKalb_County,_Illinois" title="DeKalb County, Illinois">DeKalb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeWitt_County,_Illinois" title="DeWitt County, Illinois">DeWitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_County,_Illinois" title="Douglas County, Illinois">Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DuPage_County,_Illinois" title="DuPage County, Illinois">DuPage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_County,_Illinois" title="Edgar County, Illinois">Edgar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwards_County,_Illinois" title="Edwards County, Illinois">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Effingham_County,_Illinois" title="Effingham County, Illinois">Effingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_Illinois" title="Fayette County, Illinois">Fayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ford_County,_Illinois" title="Ford County, Illinois">Ford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Illinois" title="Franklin County, Illinois">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulton_County,_Illinois" title="Fulton County, Illinois">Fulton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gallatin_County,_Illinois" title="Gallatin County, Illinois">Gallatin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greene_County,_Illinois" title="Greene County, Illinois">Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grundy_County,_Illinois" title="Grundy County, Illinois">Grundy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_County,_Illinois" title="Hamilton County, Illinois">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hancock_County,_Illinois" title="Hancock County, Illinois">Hancock</a></li> 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title="Kane County, Illinois">Kane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kankakee_County,_Illinois" title="Kankakee County, Illinois">Kankakee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kendall_County,_Illinois" title="Kendall County, Illinois">Kendall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knox_County,_Illinois" title="Knox County, Illinois">Knox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_Illinois" title="Lake County, Illinois">Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="LaSalle County, Illinois">LaSalle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_County,_Illinois" title="Lawrence County, Illinois">Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_County,_Illinois" title="Lee County, Illinois">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Livingston_County,_Illinois" title="Livingston County, Illinois">Livingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logan_County,_Illinois" title="Logan County, Illinois">Logan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macon_County,_Illinois" title="Macon County, Illinois">Macon</a></li> <li><a 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navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Virginia" title="Alexandria, Virginia">Alexandria, VA</a> (1963, 1984, 1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allentown,_Pennsylvania" title="Allentown, Pennsylvania">Allentown, PA</a> (1962, 1974, 1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asheville,_North_Carolina" title="Asheville, North Carolina">Asheville, NC</a> (1951, 1969, 1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bloomington,_Indiana" title="Bloomington, Indiana">Bloomington, IN</a> (1958, 1981, 1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston, MA</a> (1949, 1951, 1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati">Cincinnati, OH</a> (1949, 1950, 1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dayton,_Ohio" title="Dayton, Ohio">Dayton, OH</a> (1951, 1978, 1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delray_Beach,_Florida" title="Delray Beach, Florida">Delray Beach, FL</a> (1993, 2001, 2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburg,_Texas" title="Edinburg, Texas">Edinburg, TX</a> (1968, 1995, 2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas" title="Fort Worth, Texas">Fort Worth, TX</a> (1964, 1993, 2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gastonia,_North_Carolina" title="Gastonia, North Carolina">Gastonia, NC</a> (1963, 2000, 2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Rapids,_Michigan" title="Grand Rapids, Michigan">Grand Rapids, MI</a> (1949, 1960, 1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hickory,_North_Carolina" title="Hickory, North Carolina">Hickory, NC</a> (1967, 1987, 2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independence,_Missouri" title="Independence, Missouri">Independence, MO</a> (1961, 1982, 2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurinburg,_North_Carolina" title="Laurinburg, North Carolina">Laurinburg, NC</a> (1956, 1967, 2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Pleasant,_South_Carolina" title="Mount Pleasant, South Carolina">Mount Pleasant, SC</a> (2010, 2018, 2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk, VA</a> (1959, 2013, 2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochester,_New_York" title="Rochester, New York">Rochester, New York</a> (1981, 1998, 2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seward,_Alaska" title="Seward, Alaska">Seward, AK</a> (1963, 1965, 2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shreveport,_Louisiana" title="Shreveport, Louisiana">Shreveport, LA</a> (1953, 1980, 1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerville,_Massachusetts" title="Somerville, Massachusetts">Somerville, MA</a> (1972, 2009, 2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spokane,_Washington" title="Spokane, Washington">Spokane, WA</a> (1975, 2004, 2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tacoma,_Washington" title="Tacoma, Washington">Tacoma, WA</a> (1956, 1984, 1998)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Four-time winners</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akron,_Ohio" title="Akron, Ohio">Akron, OH</a> (1980, 1981, 1995, 2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anchorage,_Alaska" title="Anchorage, Alaska">Anchorage, AK</a> (1956, 1965, 1985, 2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore, MD</a> (1952, 1977, 1991, 2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbus,_Ohio" title="Columbus, Ohio">Columbus, OH</a> (1958, 1987, 1992, 2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayetteville,_North_Carolina" title="Fayetteville, North Carolina">Fayetteville, NC</a> (1985, 2001, 2011, 2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Wayne,_Indiana" title="Fort Wayne, Indiana">Fort Wayne, IN</a> (1983, 1998, 2009, 2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Island,_Nebraska" title="Grand Island, Nebraska">Grand Island, NE</a> (1955, 1967, 1981, 1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton,_Virginia" title="Hampton, Virginia">Hampton, VA</a> (1972, 2002, 2014, 2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" title="Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville, KY</a> (1963, 1995, 2012, 2022)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Peoria, IL</a> (1953, 1966, 1989, 2013)</li> 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