Kankakee, Illinois

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 5651
|1890= 9025
|1900= 13595
|1910= 13986
|1920= 16753
|1930= 20620
|1940= 22241
|1950= 25856
|1960= 27666
|1970= 27575
|1980= 29633
|1990= 30944
|2000= 27491
|2010= 27537
|2020= 24052
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br />2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Kankakee city, Illinois - Demographic Profile'''<br /> (''NH = Non-Hispanic'')<br /><small>''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''</small>
!Race / Ethnicity
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Kankakee city, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1738934&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Kankakee city, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1738934&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|10,432
|8,096
|37.88%
|33.66%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|11,128
|9,233
|40.41%
|38.39%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|54
|62
|0.20%
|0.26%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|175
|116
|0.64%
|0.48%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|3
|3
|0.01%
|0.01%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|39
|107
|0.14%
|0.44%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|599
|916
|2.18%
|3.81%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|5,107
|5,519
|18.55%
|22.95%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''27,537'''
|'''24,052'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|}

===2000 Census===
As of the census<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= 2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 27,561 people, 10,020 households and 6,272 families residing within the city. The population density was {{convert|2,239.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 10,965 housing units at an average density of {{convert|893.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 50.92% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 41.07% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.27% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.32% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 5.50% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.90% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] residents of any race were 9.25% of the population.

There were 10,020 households, out of which 34.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.4% were married couples living together, 21.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.4% were non-families. 31.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60, and the average family size was 3.28.

In the city, 29.5% of the population was under the age of 18, 9.7% was from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 18.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.4% was 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $30,469, and the median income for a family was $36,428. Males had a median income of $30,894 versus $22,928 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,479. About 18.1% of families and 21.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 29.3% of those under age 18 and 11.7% aged 65 or over.