Kankakee County is located in northeast Illinois. The County Seat is Kankakee and the largest city is Kankakee. The Official Web Site is located at http://www.co.kankakee.il.us/. The 2014 population estimate is 111,375 and the 2010 census population was 113,449. The land area is 676.56 square miles and there are 167.7 persons per square mile.
81.3% of the population is White, 15.4% is Black or African American, 9.5% is Hispanic or Latino, 1% is Asian, 0.4% is American Indian or Alaska Native, 0% is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 1.8% is two or more races. 86.4% have a high school degree or higher, and 17.1% have a Bachelor degree or higher.
The median home value is $145,900, there are 41,245 households, an average of 2.62 persons per household. The per capita income is $23,779, the median household income is $50,102, and 16.4% of the persons in Kankakee County are considered below poverty level.
The total number of firms, at last estimate, was 8,399. Retail sales (in $1000) were $1,258,509, and sales per capita were $11,264. The percentage of black-owned firms is 0%, and the percentage of women-owned firms is 28.1%.
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| Birth Index 1878-1916 Browse this Kankakee Valley Geneaological Society database of Kankakee County birth records by name. |
| Codes Kankakee County, Illinois code of ordinances. |
| Court Payments Pay Site Search for and pay your Kankakee County, Illinois Court collections, criminal, and traffic payments online. |
| Death Index 1877-1916 Browse Kankakee County death records by name. Gives book/page number and information on how to order a copy of the record. |
| Foreclosures Browse these foreclosure notices from the Kankakee County Sheriff's office. |
| GIS Maps Kankakee County GIS mapping applications, including census data, board districts, and storm reports. |
| Most Wanted Most wanted fugitives list from the Sheriff's office. |
| Property | GIS Kankakee County GIS map property search with optional zoning, elected officials, floodplain, and enterprise zone layers. |
| Property | Tax Records Kankakee County Office of the Treasurer property search and online tax payments. |
| Recorded Documents County Recorder online access to plats, deeds, mortgages, survey maps, notices, UCCs, affidavits, easements, lis pendens, judgments, agreements, restrictions, and more. |
| Unidentified Persons Browse this list from the Kankakee County Coroner's office of unidentified persons. |
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