Mokena, Illinois

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The 2000 Census showed that Mokena had a population of 14,583 people^<1>. This represents 0.12% of the total population of Illinois, making it the state's 154th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
151	Riverdale	NE	16 mi [25.75 km]	14,163	5.92% decrease
152	Fairview Heights	SW	231 mi [371.8 km]	16,643	10.7% increase
153	Hazel Crest	E	10 mi [16.09 km]	14,075	5% decrease
-154-	Mokena			19,236	31.91% increase
155	Norridge	N	29 mi [46.67 km]	13,954	4.31% decrease
156	Midlothian	NE	10 mi [16.09 km]	13,657	4.6% decrease
157	Streator	SW	56 mi [90.1 km]	13,780	2.89% decrease

Mokena had 4,848 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Mokena has an area^<4> of 6 square miles [15.53 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Mokena had a 2000 population density of 2,432 people per square mile [939 people/km²].

Will County

The village of Mokena is located in Will County.

The county had a population of 508,029 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 14,583 people, Mokena contained 2.87% of the Will County total.

In addition, where the community of Mokena has a population density of 2,432 people per square mile [939 people/km²], Will County averages 607 people per square mile [234.4 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Will County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Mokena and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Mokena. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they haven't created a QuickFact for Mokena, there are QuickFacts available for the following nearby communities:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Tinley Park	QF-1775484	NE	4 mi [6.44 km]	59,198	22.31% increase
	Orland Park	QF-1756640	N	5 mi [8.05 km]	55,514	8.69% increase
	Oak Forest	QF-1754638	NE	8 mi [12.87 km]	27,740	1.11% decrease
	Chicago Heights	QF-1714026	E	12 mi [19.31 km]	30,586	6.68% decrease
	Harvey	QF-1733383	NE	12 mi [19.31 km]	28,056	6.48% decrease
	Joliet	QF-1738570	W	13 mi [20.92 km]	146,125	37.57% increase
	Oak Lawn	QF-1754820	NE	14 mi [22.53 km]	53,244	3.62% decrease
	Bolingbrook	QF-1707133	NW	15 mi [24.14 km]	70,823	25.75% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Mokena.

A Census Quickfact is available for Will County (QF-17197).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Will County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	DuPage	QF-17043	N	930,528	2.63% increase
	Cook	QF-17031	NE	5,294,664	1.53% decrease
	Kankakee	QF-17091	S	112,524	8.33% increase
	Grundy	QF-17063	SW	47,958	27.29% increase
	Kendall	QF-17093	W	103,460	87.4% increase
	Kane	QF-17089	NW	507,579	24.55% increase
	Lake (IN)	QF-18089	E	493,800	1.92% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Mokena:

Mokena is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and in Division #3 (the East North-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Mokena.

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Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Mokena. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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