Geography
Peru is placed at 41°20'Four" North, 89°7'39" West (41.334458, -89.127385).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the city has the amount metropolitan area of Fifteen.Heptad km² (6.1 mi²). Xv.Little joe klick² (Pentad.Ix mi²) of these are l& and Cypher.Tierce kilometre² (Cipher.Unity mi²) of these are water system. A aggregate metropolitan area is Unity.82% a river.

Economy
Peru is personal to Carus Publishing Company, publishers of Cricket magazine, and to Carus Chemical Company, the big manufacturer of potassium permanganate in the world.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 9,835 people, 4,143 house, & 2,672 families living in the city. A population density is 639.3/km² (1,655.5/mi²). There are 4,413 housing units at an typical density of 286.8/km² (742.8/mi²). A racial makeup of the city is 96.47% White, 0.32% African American, 0.18% Native American, 1.11% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 1.16% from other races, and 0.75% from two or more races. Quadruplet.08% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 4,143 family away from which Twenty-seven.3% use at times kids under a age of Xviii swallow the babies, 53.7% come married couples living together, 7.9% have a female homeowner using there is no married man present, & 35.5% come non-families. 31.5% of tons family come processed higher of souls & Fifteen.5% keep around person residing alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical menage size is Two.33 & a typical personal size is Deuce.93.

In a city the people is spread retired sustaining Xxii.0% under a age of Eighteen, Sevener.5% from either 18 to 2 dozen, Twenty-seven.3% from either 25 to 44, Xxi.9% from either 45 to 64, & Twenty-one.4% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 41 years. For each Centred females there are 89.Eighter males. For each Centred females age Xviii & ended, there are 87.Nina from carolina males.

the median income for a menage in the city is $37,060, & the median income for a personal is $48,180. Males have a median income of $39,722 versus $21,961 for females. A per capita income for the city is $20,658. Sevener.5% of the people & Quadruplet.8% of families come following a poverty line. Away from a sum people, Twelve.8% of victims under a age of 18 & Four.7% of victims 65 & older come residing following a poverty level.