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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
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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.