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Kankakee County
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county in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- Founded
- February 11, 1853
- Named after
- Kankakee River
- Seat
- Kankakee
- Largest city
- Kankakee
- Total
- 681 sq mi (1,760 km )
- Land
- 677 sq mi (1,750 km )
- Water
- 4.8 sq mi (12 km ) 0.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 105,525
- Density
- 159/sq mi (61.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional districts
- 1st , 2nd
- Website
- www .k3county .net
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Kankakee River
- Official name
- Kankakee County
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Illinois
- Contains
- Kankakee
- Capital
- Kankakee
- Population
- 107502
- Area
- 1765
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00
- Shares border with
- Lake County
- Official website
- www.co.kankakee.il.us
- Image
- Kankakee County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 40297
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- Commons category
- Kankakee County, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Kankakee County, Illinois
- inception
- 1853-02-11
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Kankakee County, Illinois
- water as percent of area
- 0.7
- native label
- Kankakee County
- different from
- Kankakee
- per capita income
- 28445
Sources (13)
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Encyclopedic overview
Kankakee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 107,502. Its county seat is Kankakee. Kankakee County comprises the Kankakee, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kankakee County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.