Hopkins Park is a village in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. The population was 597 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Kankakee–Bradley Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

Hopkins Park is located in southeastern Kankakee County. It is southeast of Kankakee, the county seat, and includes the former unincorporated community of Doney. Hopkins Park remains a rural, largely undeveloped community. Many of the roads are gravel, and a large portion of the population lives in an off-the-grid fashion. The town has very little to offer in terms of commerce and only recently did the area receive a gas pipeline. It has also been said that many of the residents, due to their off-the-grid lifestyle, were unable to be counted during the Census.

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Hopkins Park has a total area of , all land.

Hopkins Park is located on the Pembroke Savanna.

Demographics

As of the 2020 census

!Pop 2010

!

!% 2000

!% 2010

!

|-

|White alone (NH)

|29

|24

|style='background: #ffffe6; |52

|4.08%

|3.98%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |8.71%

|-

|Black or African American alone (NH)

|655

|563

|style='background: #ffffe6; |478

|92.12%

|93.37%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |80.07%

|-

|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)

|0

|1

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0

|0.00%

|0.17%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%

|-

|Asian alone (NH)

|1

|3

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0

|0.14%

|0.50%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%

|-

|Pacific Islander alone (NH)

|0

|0

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0

|0.00%

|0.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%

|-

|Other race alone (NH)

|0

|0

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1

|0.00%

|0.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.17%

|-

|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)

|11

|5

|style='background: #ffffe6; |13

|1.55%

|0.83%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.18%

|-

|Hispanic or Latino (any race)

|15

|7

|style='background: #ffffe6; |53

|2.11%

|1.16%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |8.88%

|-

|Total

|711

|603

|style='background: #ffffe6; |597

|100.00%

|100.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%

|}

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