Kankakee County, Illinois

The Kankakee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, the County had 113 449 inhabitants and a population density of 64.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Kankakee.

Geography

The County is located in northeastern Illinois and is bordered to the east by Indiana. It has an area of ​​1765 square kilometers, of which twelve square kilometers of water surface.

By about 70 kilometers south of Chicago located County proceeds with Interstate 57 is the shortest route from Chicago to Memphis.

At the Kankakee County borders the following Nachbarcountys:

In East-West direction, the County is drained by the Kankakee River coming from Indiana, one of the two sources of the Illinois River. In the center of the county opens with the Iroquois River which is also coming out of Indiana 's largest tributary of the Kankakee River.

History

Long before the first white settlers arrived here in 1834, this was the area of ​​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. Was named the County to the Kankakee River.

1855 was the County by the Illinois Central Railroad connection to the railroad and had 13,500 inhabitants in 1900. Previously there were three governors of Illinois from the Kankakee County: Len Small, Samuel Shapiro and George Ryan.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Kankakee County 113 449 people in 41 086 households. The population density was 64.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 41 086 households lived statistically 2.64 per person.

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. Regardless of ethnicity were 9.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

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. The per capita income was $ 23,190. 15 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Kankakee County

Citys

  • Kankakee
  • Momence

Villages

  • Aroma Park
  • Bonfield
  • Bourbonnais
  • Bradley
  • Buckingham
  • Cabery1
  • Chebanse2
  • Essex
  • Grant Park
  • Herscher
  • Hopkins Park
  • Irwin
  • Limestone
  • Manteno
  • Reddick3
  • St. Anne
  • Sammons Point
  • Sun River Terrace
  • Union Hill

Unincorporated communities

  • Ahern
  • Altdorf
  • Clarke City
  • Deselm
  • Dickey
  • Doney
  • Edge Town
  • 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 Iceland
  • Tallmadge
  • Whitaker
  • Wichert
  • Woodland
  • Yeager

1 - partially in Ford County 2 - partially in Iroquois County 3 - partially in Livingston County

Structure

The Kankakee County is divided into 17 townships:

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