Champaign 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, Caterpillar, John Deere, Dow Chemical Company, IBM, and State Farm. Champaign also serves as the headquarters for several companies, including Jimmy John's.

Country: United States
State: Illinois
County: Champaign
Founded: 1855 (West Urbana)
Incorporated: 1860
Chartered: 1866
Named for: Champaign County, Ohio, U.S.
Type: Council–manager
City manager: Dorothy Ann David
Mayor: Deborah Frank Feinen
Population (2020): 88,302
Estimate (2022): 89,241
Urban: 145,361
Metro: 236,072
Demonym(s): Champaignian
Time zone: CST (UTC−6)
Summer (DST): CDT (UTC−5)
ZIP Codes: 61820–61822, 61824–61826
Area codes: 217, 447
FIPS code: 17-12385
GNIS feature ID: 2393796
Website: [www.champaignil.gov champaignil.gov]
Official Website: http://ci.champaign.il.us/
Wikidata description: city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States
Wikidata id: Q577964
Wikidata label: Champaign
Wikidata aliases: Array
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