That's a decrease of 4.2 percent from 2016, when the county spent $69.60 million.
Kankakee County has a population of 109,605.
Since 2001, the Kankakee County budget has grown by 15.1 percent, from $57.96 million. The county population has grown 5.4 percent over the same period, from 103,955.
Salaries accounted for 39.4 percent of county spending in 2017. Kankakee County property taxpayers paid $26.30 million for 491 full-time employees and 110 part-time employees.
In 2001, the county had 316 full-time employees and 82 part-time employees, and spent $20.25 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
109,605
$66,705,099
$26,302,613
39.4
601
$43,765
2016
110,008
$69,604,791
$26,214,803
37.7
538
$48,726
2015
110,879
$73,590,592
$24,518,039
33.3
548
$44,741
2014
111,375
$80,066,279
$27,800,112
34.7
628
$44,268
2013
112,120
$83,920,980
$28,430,406
33.9
583
$48,766
2012
113,040
$81,797,141
$25,155,651
30.8
4,851
$5,186
2011
113,698
$81,024,296
$27,349,190
33.8
526
$51,995
2010
113,215
$85,809,073
$29,493,141
34.4
559
$52,761
2009
113,215
$82,052,472
$30,622,824
37.3
597
$51,295
2008
112,524
$81,509,009
$27,668,683
33.9
623
$44,412
2007
110,705
$85,747,965
$27,349,858
31.9
656
$41,692
2006
109,090
$108,133,090
$26,933,466
24.9
622
$43,301
2005
107,972
$109,193,332
$25,429,894
23.3
594
$42,811
2004
107,188
$104,007,809
$21,732,068
20.9
602
$36,100
2003
103,833
$118,214,675
$20,458,197
17.3
521
$39,267
2002
103,833
$60,145,812
$18,890,792
31.4
503
$37,556
2001
103,955
$57,962,723
$20,254,286
34.9
398
$50,890
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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