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Kankakee

Illinois · IL · Kankakee County
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City in Illinois, United States
1853Established
24,052Population
15.5 sq miArea
656 ftElevation

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

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