- State:IllinoisCounty:Kankakee CountyZips:60917,60969,60935,60961,60944,60910,60958,60913,60922,60941,60940,60964,60954,60950,60915,60914,60901Coordinates:41.137718658809845, -87.86183165890678Area total:681.30 sq. mi., 1764.56 sq. km, 436032.00 acresArea land:676.50 sq. mi., 1752.11 sq. km, 432956.80 acresArea water:4.81 sq. mi., 12.45 sq. km, 3075.20 acresEstablished:1853Capital seat:
Kankakee
Address: 189 E Court St
County Courthouse
Kankakee, IL 60901-3841
Governing Body: Board of Commissioners with 28 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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Kankakee County, Illinois, United States
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- Population:107,502; Population change: -5.24% (2010 - 2020)Population density:159 persons per square mileHousehold income:$47,656Households:36,796Unemployment rate:8.80% per 53,934 county labor force
- Sales taxes:6.25%Income taxes:3.00%GDP:$5.61 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Kankakee County's population of Illinois of 10,555 residents in 1930 has increased 12,49-fold to 131,869 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 49.75% female residents and 50.25% male residents live in as of 2020, 67.83% in Kankakee County, Illinois are married and the remaining 32.17% are single population.
As of 2020, 67.83% in Kankakee County, Illinois are married and the remaining 32.17% are single population.
- Housing units:45,270 residential units of which 91.73% share occupied residential units.
25.5 minutes is the average time that residents in Kankakee County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
82.20% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 11.23% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 1.04% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 2.61% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Kankakee County, Illinois 65.76% are owner-occupied homes, another 27.75% are rented apartments, and the remaining 6.49% are vacant.
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The 46.25% of the population in Kankakee County, Illinois who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 46.920%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 51.550%) of those eligible to vote in Kankakee County, Illinois.
