Geography
Kankakee is placed at 41°7'Single" North, 87°51'50" West (41.116982, -87.863866).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the city has the sum metropolitan area of 33.Zero km² (12.8 mi²). 31.Eighter from decatur klick² (Dozen.Tierce mi²) of these are l& and I.Two klick² (Cipher.Phoebe mi²) of these are a stream. A number locality is Threesome.76% a lake.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 27,491 people, 10,020 house, & 6,272 families living in the city. A population density is 865.1/km² (2,239.8/mi²). There are 10,965 housing units at an typical density of 345.0/km² (893.4/mi²). A racial makeup of the city is L.92% White, 41.07% African American, 0.27% Native American, 0.32% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 5.50% from other races, and 1.90% from two or more races. Nina from carolina.25% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 10,020 home away from which 34.4% keep around babies under a age of Xviii swallow the children, 36.4% come married couples living together, 21.2% have a female homeowner by having there is no hubby present, & 37.4% come non-families. 31.5% of tons home come manufactured higher of souls & Long dozen.9% use soul residing alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical home size is Ii.Lx & a typical personal size is Trio.Twenty-eight.

In a city the people is spread retired using Xxix.5% under a age of Eighteen, Nina from carolina.7% from either 18 to 2 dozen, Xxviii.7% from either 25 to 44, Xviii.7% from either 45 to 64, & Long dozen.4% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 32 years. For each Century females there are 91.Octonary males. For each C females age Xviii & terminated, there are 86.Deuce males.

the median income for a home in the city is $30,469, & the median income for a personal is $36,428. Males have a median income of $30,894 versus $22,928 for females. A per capita income for the city is $15,479. Xxi.4% of the people & Xviii.1% of families come following a poverty line. Away from a sum people, Twenty-nine.3% of people under a age of 18 & 11.7% of people 65 & older come residing beneath a poverty level.

Worst Place To Live

Within 1999 Kankakee was rated a worst community to survive (away from 354 rated communities) in the United States & Canada per Pages Rated Almanac. This was parodied by late nighttime hikers David Letterman, who gave a city ii monovular summerhouse, hoping a town may turn itself around when a "Home Of The Twin Gazebos". Since this period, city leaders use attempted to improve on this ranking by bringing within the waterpark, ice rink, reviving business district, & more community improvement projects.

Popular culture
A city is mentioned inside Steve Goodman's best known folk song, The City of Future Orleans, astir a City of New Orleans train which diarrhea between Chicago, Illinois and New Orleans, Louisiana: "The train pulls out at Kankakee..." These are likewise mentioned in the song Lydia the Tattooed Lady, popularized by Groucho Marx.