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Kankakee
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city in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States
Kankakee is a city located in Kankakee County in Illinois. It serves as a regional center in the state, though specific details about its significance or characteristics are not provided in available information.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- Kankakee
- Type
- Mayor–council
- Mayor
- Chris Curtis ( R )
- City council
- 14 aldermen
- Total
- 15.61 sq mi (40.44 km )
- Land
- 15.14 sq mi (39.20 km )
- Water
- 0.48 sq mi (1.24 km )
- Elevation
- 617 ft (188 m)
- Density
- 1,589.0/sq mi (613.51/km )
- Demonym
- Kankakeean
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Area codes
- 815 , 779
- Fips code
- 17-38934
- Website
- www .citykankakee-il .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Kankakee
- Population
- 24052
- Area
- 37.857033
- Elevation
- 200
- Official website
- www.citykankakee-il.gov
- Image
- Kankakee County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 9540
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- native label
- Kankakee
- P8168
- Kerron Stewart
- postal code
- 60901
- Commons category
- Kankakee, Illinois
- inception
- 1853-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 3.2836
- per capita income
- 20680
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Kankakee (/ˌkæŋkəˈkiː/ KANG-kə-KEE) is a city in and the county seat of Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. Located on the Kankakee River, as of 2020, the city's population was 24,052. Kankakee is a principal city of the Kankakee-Bourbonnais-Bradley Metropolitan Statistical Area. It serves as an anchor city in the rural plains outside Chicago.
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