Retail Ready Community Profile: Pekin
Pekin, Illinois
Population: 34,000
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The City of Pekin is the county seat of Tazewell County in the Peoria, Illinois metropolitan area. Located to the southeast of Peoria on the east side of the Illinois River, Pekin serves as the retail hub for its 34,000 residents and the larger rural area to the south, east and west.
| Pekin | ||||||
| Sales Tax Generated and Retail Sales | Sales Tax | Retail Sales | Sales Tax | Retail Sales | ||
| Categories | 2008 | 2008 | 2007 | |||
| 1 | General Merchandise | 4,036,400.33 | 64,582,405.28 | 3,993,451.89 | 63,895,230.24 | |
| 2 | Food | 1,315,193.70 | 131,519,370.00 | 1,194,768.64 | 119,476,864.00 | |
| 3 | Drinking and Eating Places | 2,002,689.25 | 32,043,028.00 | 2,089,031.18 | 33,424,498.88 | |
| 4 | Apparel | 325,092.67 | 5,201,482.72 | 357,129.45 | 5,714,071.20 | |
| 5 | Furniture & H.H. & Radio | 994,895.32 | 15,918,325.12 | 1,152,649.51 | 18,442,392.16 | |
| 6 | Lumber, Bldg, Hardware | 2,328,152.02 | 37,250,432.32 | 2,479,391.65 | 39,670,266.40 | |
| 7 | Automotive & Filling Stations | 6,495,653.11 | 103,930,449.76 | 6,898,643.76 | 110,378,300.16 | |
| 8 | Drugs & Misc. Retail | 1,668,775.49 | 26,700,407.84 | 1,430,584.17 | 22,889,346.72 | |
| 9 | Agriculture & All Others | 893,778.92 | 14,300,462.72 | 991,545.24 | 15,864,723.84 | |
| 10 | Manufacturers | 125,154.76 | 2,002,476.16 | 112,255.67 | 1,796,090.72 | |
| Totals | 20,185,785.57 | 433,448,839.92 | 20,699,451.16 | 431,551,784.32 | ||
| Source: Illinois Department of Revenue | ||||||
