Kankakee, Illinois

Kankakee
Kankakee
City
	Kankakee County Courthouse
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	Nickname: City of Restaurants
	Location of Kankakee in Illinois
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	Coordinates: 41°07′12″N 87°51′40″W / 41.12000°N 87.86111°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Kankakee
Established	1853
Incorporated (city)	1865
Government
• Type	Mayor–council
• Mayor	Chris Curtis[citation needed] (R)
• City Council	14 aldermen
Area
• Total	15.62 sq mi (40.44 km2)
• Land	15.14 sq mi (39.20 km2)
• Water	0.48 sq mi (1.24 km2)
Elevation	617 ft (188 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	24,052
• Density	1,588.95/sq mi (613.51/km2)
Demonym	Kankakeean
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP Code	60901
Area codes	815, 779
FIPS code	17-38934
GNIS feature ID	2395489
Website	www.citykankakee-il.gov

Kankakee (/ˌkæŋkəˈkiː/ KANG-kə-KEE)^[3] is a city in and the county seat of Kankakee County, Illinois, United States.^[4] Located on the Kankakee River, as of 2020, the city's population was 24,052.^[5] 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.

^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kankakee, Illinois
^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
^ Matthew White (October 14, 2022). Nine arrested in Kankakee Drug Raid. WCIA News. Event occurs at 00:06. Retrieved February 4, 2024 – via YouTube.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ "Kankakee city, Illinois". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 13, 2022.