City profile · Town
Kankakee, Illinois
Verified Oct 19, 2026Who leads Kankakee, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Chris Curtis
- Role
- Mayor
- Population
- 27,491
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 19, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 19, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcecitykankakee-il.gov/mayorsdesk.php ↗
- Official leadership pagecitykankakee-il.gov/mayorsdesk.php ↗
- City websitecitykankakee-il.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Chris Curtis CurrentMayor · added Aug 1, 2026 · verified Oct 19, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 27,491
- Median household income
- $42,180
- Median age
- 36.3
- Land area
- 15.15 sq mi
- Population density
- 1,814.6 per sq mi
- County
- Kankakee County
- Metro area
- Kankakee, IL
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