Growth Sectors

Kankakee County has a diversified economy, punctuated by highly robust manufacturing, bioscience, health care, education and transportation sectors. In 2013, 2014, 2016-2019, the Kankakee MSA was named the #1 Small Metro in Illinois by global economic think tank the Milken Institute in its Best-Performing Cities index, which measures economic vitality vis-à-vis growth in jobs, wages, salaries and technology output.

Targeted business sectors include the following:

• Food Processing
• Metal, Machining and Advanced Manufacturing
• Transportation, Distribution and Logistics
• Bioscience
• Health Care
• Energy
• Business and Professional Services
• Tourism and Hospitality

INFOGRAPHIC CREDIT: datausa.io