Moving to Champaign, Illinois

About Champaign, Illinois
Champaign

Champaign ( sham-PAYN) is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population was 88,302 at the 2020 census. It is the tenth-most populous municipality in Illinois and the fourth most populous city in the state outside the Chicago metropolitan area. It is a principal city of the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area, which had 236,000 residents in 2020.

Champaign shares the main campus of the University of Illinois with its twin city of Urbana, and is also home to Parkland College, which gives the city a large student population during the academic year. Due to the university and a number of technology startup companies, it is often referred to as a hub of the Illinois Silicon Prairie. Champaign houses offices for the Fortune 500 companies Abbott, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Caterpillar, John Deere, Dow Chemical Company, IBM, and State Farm. Champaign also serves as the headquarters for several companies, including Jimmy John's.

Gender
Gender Champaign Illinois Country
Female 47.6% 50.9% 50.8%
Male 52.4% 49.1% 49.2%
Gender

Household Income


Income Champaign Illinois Country
Less than $10,000 15.6% 6.1% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 4.5% 3.7% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 9.3% 8.1% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 8.5% 8.1% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 12.5% 11.2% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 16.7% 16.7% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 9.9% 12.9% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 11.9% 16.6% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 4.5% 7.8% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 6.6% 8.8% 8.3%
Education


Education Champaign Illinois Country
< 9th Grade 1% 5% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 4% 6% 7.0%
High School or GED 18% 26% 27.0%
Other College 18% 20% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 7% 8% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 22% 22% 20.0%
Master's Degree 17% 10% 9.0%
Professional Degree 5% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 8% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
Education
Race / Ethnicity


Ethnicity Champaign Illinois Country
White 57.7% 60.8% 60.1%
African American 17.9% 13.9% 12.2%
American Indian 0.1% 0.1% 0.6%
Asian 14.6% 5.5% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0% 0.2%
Other 0.2% 0.2% 0.3%
Multiracial 2.9% 2.2% 2.8%
Hispanic 6.5% 17.2% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity