Kankakee County

Kankakee County Courthouse in Kankakee, listed on the NRHP since 2007
administration
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Kankakee
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Kankakee Court House 450 E. Court Street Kankakee, IL 60901
Foundation :	February 11, 1853
Made up from:	Will County Iroquois County
Area code :	001 815
Demographics
Residents :	113,449  (2010)
Population density :	64.7 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1765 km²
Water surface :	12 km²
map
Website : www.co.kankakee.il.us

The Kankakee County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 113,449 residents and a population density of 64.7 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Kankakee .

geography

The county is located in northeast Illinois and borders Indiana to the east . It has an area of ​​1765 square kilometers, of which twelve square kilometers are water.

The shortest connection from Chicago to Memphis runs through the county, located around 70 kilometers south of Chicago , with Interstate 57 .

The following neighboring counties border Kankakee County:

Grundy County	Will County	Lake County (Indiana)
Livingston County		Newton County (Indiana)
Ford County	Iroquois County

Rivers

Kankakee River

The Kankakee River , one of the two headwaters of the Illinois River, flows through the county in an east-west direction . In the center of the county flows into the Iroquois River, also from Indiana, the largest tributary of the Kankakee River.

history

Long before the first white settlers arrived here in 1834, this was the area of ​​the Pottawatomi Indians.

The Kankakee County was formed on February 11, 1853 from the southern part of Will County and the northern part of Iroquois County. The county was named after the Kankakee River .

In 1855 the county got a connection to the railroad through the Illinois Central Railroad and in 1900 had about 13,500 inhabitants. So far, three Illinois governors have come from Kankakee County: Len Small , Samuel H. Shapiro, and George Ryan .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1860	15,412		-
1870	24,352		58%
1880	25,047		2.9%
1890	28,732		14.7%
1900	37,154		29.3%
1910	40,752		9.7%
1920	44,940		10.3%
1930	50,095		11.5%
1940	60,877		21.5%
1950	73,524		20.8%
1960	92.063		25.2%
1970	97,250		5.6%
1980	102,926		5.8%
1990	96,255		-6.5%
2000	103,833		7.9%
2010	113,449		9.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Kankakee County had 113,449 people in 41,086 households. The population density was 64.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.64 people in each of the 41,086 households.

The racial the population was composed of 81.3 percent white, 15.5 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 1.0 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 9.2 percent of the population.

25.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.9 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 49,266  USD . The per capita income was $ 23,190. 15 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Kankakee County

Citys

• Kankakee
• Momence

Villages

Aroma Park Bonfield Bourbonnais Bradley Buckingham

Cabery 1 Chebanse 2 Essex Grant Park Rulers

Hopkins Park Irwin Limestone Manteno Reddick 3

St. Anne Sammon's Point Sun River Terrace Union Hill

Unincorporated Communities

Ahern Altorf Clarke City Deselm Dickys Doney Edgetown

Eldridge Exline Flickerville Frielings Garden of Eden Goodrich Greenwich

Illiana Heights Illinois Indian Oaks Leesville Lehigh Litchfield Log cabin camp

Otto powder River St. Anne Woods Saint George Shadow Lawn Sherburnville

Sollitt Sugar Island Tallmadge Whitaker Wichert Woodland Yeager

^{1 - partly in Ford County
2 - partly in Iroquois County
3 - partly in Livingston County}

structure

Kankakee County is divided into 17 townships :

Township Population (2010) FIPS Aroma Township 5157    17-02245 Bourbonnais Township 40,137    17-07484 Essex Township 1480    17-24465 Ganeer Township 3215    17-28456 Kankakee Township 27,558    17-38947 Limestone Township 5035    17-43497 Manteno Township 11,185    17-46513 Momence Township 3820    17-49906 Norton Township 978    17-54352

Township Population (2010) FIPS Otto Township 2582    17-57017 Pembroke Township 2140    17-58538 Pilot township 2086    17-59819 Rockville Township 879    17-65195 St. Anne Township 2191    17-66651 Salina Township 1396    17-67262 Sumner Township 910    17-73690 Yellowhead Township 2700    17-83856

See also

• List of entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Kankakee County

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 07000115.Retrieved December 13, 2012
2. ↑ GNIS-ID: 424247. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
3. ↑ ^{a b c} U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Kankakee County, IL ( Memento of the original from July 12, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 13, 2012 
4. ↑ ^{a b} National Association of Counties. Retrieved December 13, 2012
5. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
6. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 15, 2011
7. ↑ Missouri Census Data Center - Illinois  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 13, 2012  

Web links

Commons : Kankakee County, Illinois  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Official website
• www.city-data.com - Kankakee County, IL

Coordinates: 41 ° 8 ′  N , 87 ° 52 ′  W