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Tazewell County

county in Illinois, United States
AdministrativeArea county_of_illinois Q494560
Tazewell County
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Summary

Tazewell County is a county of Illinois[1]. It draws 575 Wikipedia views per month (county of illinois category, ranking #23 of 102).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Illinois[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Pekin[5]
  • Shares border with: Peoria County[6], Woodford County[7], McLean County[8], Logan County[9], Mason County[10], Fulton County[11]
  • Named after: Littleton Waller Tazewell[12]
  • Commons category: Tazewell County, Illinois[13]
  • Inception: January 31, 1827[14]
  • Official website: http://www.tazewell.com[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Tazewell County, Illinois[16]
  • Population: 135,394[17], 135,447[18], 135,759[19], 136,122[20], 136,352[21], 134,800[22], 131,343[23]
  • Topic has template: Template:Tazewell County, Illinois[24]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Tazewell County[25]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Tazewell County, Illinois[26]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Tazewell County, Illinois[27]
  • Number of households: 53,997[28]
  • Native label: Tazewell County[29]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C108372[30]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Tazewell County, Illinois[31]
  • Different from: Tazewell County[32]
  • Area: 1704 km²[33]
  • Water as percent of area: 1.4 percent[34]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Tazewell County, Illinois[35]
  • Per capita income: 33,854 US dollars[36]
  • P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Tazewell County, Illinois.tab[37]

Why It Matters

Tazewell County has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Related Entities

Illinois United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . ci.pekin.il.us. ci.pekin.il.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . ci.pekin.il.us. ci.pekin.il.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . ci.pekin.il.us. ci.pekin.il.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ci.pekin.il.us. ci.pekin.il.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . ci.pekin.il.us. ci.pekin.il.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Population Estimates Program. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . ci.pekin.il.us. ci.pekin.il.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Image: Tazewell County, Illinois courthouse from SW 2.jpg"
  2. 4d ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bar', 'bg', 'bpy', 'cdo', 'ce', 'ceb', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Instance of: county of Illinois"
  3. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Tazewell County, Il
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Tazewell County, Illinois.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presiden"
  4. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Per capita income → {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+33854'}
    Category for people who died here → Category:Deaths in Tazewell County, Illinois
    Number of households → {'amount': '+53997'}
    Capital → —
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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