The population of Kankakee county is estimated at 110,053. In 2017 there were 1,295 births and 1,126 deaths in Kankakee county. Kankakee county has 19,318 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 9,280 that are owned free and clear and 12,913 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Kankakee County filed 50,220 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.8% of all Illinois filings and 0.034% of the entire nation. Kankakee had a combined total federal tax liability of $390,351,000 on earned income of $2,697,302,000. Other notable statistics from Kankakee County were 2,530 unemployment claims which collected a total of $14,027,000 and 11,120 charitable contributions valued at $43,499,000. 12,210 filings from Kankakee County paid a combined total of $60,562,000 in property taxes and 10,170 filings paid $58,016,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Kankakee county had 135 religious congregations with an estimated 56,147 members.
19.8% of the Kankakee population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 12.1% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 42% of Kankakee County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 1,104 votes.
At $57,706 the median income is 91.5% of the Illinois average. An estimated 2,919 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Kankakee, the equivalant of around 5.2% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.3%.

Top 15 Industries in Kankakee County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
7,349	Health care and social assistance
5,548	Retail trade
4,889	Manufacturing
3,675	Accommodation and food services
3,465	Food services and drinking places
3,070	Restaurants and other eating places
2,303	Transportation and warehousing
2,196	Wholesale trade
2,068	Finance and insurance
1,959	Ambulatory health care services
1,515	General merchandise stores
1,480	Chemical manufacturing
1,395	Full-service restaurants
1,352	Limited-service restaurants
1,278	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.53% in Kankakee County (averaging across 4 zip codes; 60915, 60914, 60901 and 60950).

In 2018 18.13% of listings in Kankakee County (averaging across 4 zip codes; 60901, 60950, 60915 and 60914) dropped their price.

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