† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
3 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupChampaign-Urbana, ILIllinoisUnited States
German18.5%16.1%12.5%
English10.4%6.9%9.5%
Irish9.5%10.6%9.4%
American3.5%3.3%5.3%
Italian2.7%5.4%4.8%
Polish2.6%6.0%2.2%
French1.5%0.7%1.6%
Scottish1.3%—1.3%
African American†10.9%12.1%9.9%
African0.4%0.5%0.5%
Chinese3.8%1.0%1.3%
Asian Indian2.0%2.1%1.4%
Korean1.2%0.4%0.4%
Filipino0.9%1.0%0.9%
Vietnamese0.5%0.2%0.6%
Pakistani0.3%0.3%—
Taiwanese0.3%——
Japanese0.2%—0.2%
Mexican4.7%14.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.6%1.7%1.8%
Spaniard0.5%——
Guatemalan0.3%0.3%0.5%
Colombian0.3%0.3%0.4%
Spanish0.2%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Champaign-Urbana, IL
Illinois
United States
Median age
32.2
39.1
39.1
Age 18–24
20.8%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.7%
16.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Champaign-Urbana, IL
Illinois
United States
Median household income
$65,789
$83,390
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.8%
11.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
43.7%
37.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Champaign-Urbana, IL
Illinois
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
17.0%
24.1%
22.3%
Spanish
5.0%
14.0%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.2%
0.3%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
2.3%
2.6%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
3.5%
0.9%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Champaign-Urbana, IL
Illinois
United States
Catholic
11.1%
24.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
16.0%
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
60.3%
49.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
7.6%
5.3%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Champaign-Urbana, IL
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−10.3%
1896
−19.7%
1900
−18.1%
1904
−32.5%
1908
−22.4%
1912
+8.9%
1916
−21.8%
1920
−49.2%
1924
−41.7%
1928
−37.6%
1932
+9.4%
1936
+3.4%
1940
−11.7%
1944
−20.0%
1948
−26.3%
1952
−35.0%
1956
−35.9%
1960
−25.1%
1964
+5.3%
1968
−19.1%
1972
−20.8%
1976
−13.6%
1980
−22.4%
1984
−21.1%
1988
−8.6%
1992
+8.2%
1996
+4.0%
2000
−2.3%
2004
−3.3%
2008
+11.8%
2012
+0.7%
2016
+10.0%
2020
+13.9%
2024
+14.5%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
56.0%Harris59,161
41.5%Trump43,847
2.5%
D+14.5
D+0.6
D+16.0
105,642
D
55.3%Biden62,150
41.4%Trump46,581
3.3%
D+13.9
D+3.8
D+9.4
112,391
D
50.6%Clinton54,196
40.6%Trump43,482
8.8%
D+10.0
D+9.3
D+7.9
107,084
D
48.8%Obama45,577
48.1%Romney44,954
3.0%
D+0.7
R+11.1
R+3.2
93,375
D
54.9%Obama54,683
43.1%McCain42,941
1.9%
D+11.8
D+15.1
D+4.5
99,528
R
47.8%Kerry46,560
51.1%Bush49,799
1.2%
R+3.3
R+1.0
R+0.9
97,499
R
46.3%Gore41,093
48.6%Bush43,153
5.2%
R+2.3
R+6.4
R+2.8
88,823
D
47.5%Clinton37,793
43.4%Dole34,574
9.1%
D+4.0
R+4.2
R+4.5
79,611
D
44.7%Clinton40,698
36.5%Bush33,218
18.8%
D+8.2
D+16.8
D+2.7
91,020
R
45.3%Dukakis34,858
53.9%Bush41,443
0.8%
R+8.6
D+12.6
R+0.8
76,921
R
39.1%Mondale31,869
60.3%Reagan49,095
0.6%
R+21.1
D+1.2
R+2.9
81,467
R
31.4%Carter25,241
53.8%Reagan43,220
14.8%
R+22.4
R+8.7
R+12.6
80,392
R
42.0%Carter33,057
55.7%Ford43,789
2.3%
R+13.6
D+7.2
R+15.7
78,680
R
39.4%McGovern29,071
60.2%Nixon44,413
0.3%
R+20.8
R+1.7
D+2.3
73,738
R
36.2%Humphrey23,088
55.3%Nixon35,233
8.5%
R+19.1
R+24.3
R+18.4
63,711
D
52.6%Johnson33,116
47.4%Goldwater29,801
0.0%
D+5.3
D+30.3
R+17.3
62,917
R
37.0%Kennedy22,702
62.1%Nixon38,078
0.9%
R+25.1
D+10.8
R+25.2
61,318
R
32.0%Stevenson18,307
67.9%Eisenhower38,839
0.1%
R+35.9
R+0.8
R+20.5
57,201
R
32.4%Stevenson18,292
67.4%Eisenhower38,105
0.2%
R+35.0
R+8.8
R+24.3
56,528
R
35.9%Truman16,012
62.2%Dewey27,705
1.9%
R+26.3
R+6.3
R+30.7
44,544
R
39.8%Roosevelt18,753
59.7%Dewey28,164
0.5%
R+20.0
R+8.3
R+27.5
47,147
R
43.8%Roosevelt24,189
55.6%Willkie30,648
0.6%
R+11.7
R+15.1
R+21.7
55,165
D
51.0%Roosevelt26,002
47.6%Landon24,263
1.5%
D+3.4
R+6.0
R+20.9
51,006
D
53.9%Roosevelt24,849
44.5%Hoover20,516
1.7%
D+9.4
D+47.0
R+8.4
46,129
R
31.0%Smith12,972
68.6%Hoover28,727
0.5%
R+37.6
D+4.1
R+20.1
41,900
R
22.9%Davis8,047
64.5%Coolidge22,715
12.6%
R+41.7
D+7.5
R+16.5
35,208
R
23.8%Cox8,108
73.0%Harding24,851
3.1%
R+49.2
R+27.4
R+23.0
34,027
R
37.1%Wilson14,683
58.9%Hughes23,314
3.9%
R+21.8
R+30.8
R+25.0
39,550
O
34.5%Wilson6,906
25.6%Taft5,116
40.0%
Roosevelt +5.5
D+31.3
R+10.6
20,023
R
36.6%Bryan7,524
58.9%Taft12,128
4.5%
R+22.4
D+10.1
R+12.8
20,574
R
31.1%Parker6,014
63.6%Roosevelt12,305
5.3%
R+32.5
R+14.4
R+12.9
19,341
R
39.5%Bryan8,389
57.6%McKinley12,244
2.9%
R+18.1
D+1.5
R+10.6
21,241
R
39.0%Bryan8,108
58.7%McKinley12,191
2.2%
R+19.7
R+9.3
R+13.6
20,764
R
42.2%Cleveland7,757
52.5%Harrison9,655
5.3%
R+10.3
—
R+12.0
18,385
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
D
55.7%44,925
42.3%34,069
80,615
2020
D
54.2%60,392
41.4%46,152
111,405
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Champaign-Urbana, IL
Year
Total registered
2016
156,431
2018
145,822
2020
165,173
2022
158,668
2024
169,828
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−2,118 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −30,525 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Champaign-Urbana, IL in Champaign-Urbana, IL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−1,673
2012
−1,820
2013
−1,418
2014
−1,681
2015
−1,802
2016
−2,067
2017
−2,997
2018
−3,191
2019
−2,946
2021
−472
2022
−1,760
2023
−3,133
2024
−3,447
2025
−2,118
Home to the University of Illinois flagship campus, Champaign-Urbana turns notably more Democratic than surrounding McLean and Vermilion counties, making it a reliable turnout target in statewide races decided by single-digit margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 14.5 points in 2024 and a Republican high of 49.2 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 0.6 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 14.5 points.
A population of 238,842, a 66% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,789 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Columbia, MO and Ann Arbor, MI.
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How did Champaign-Urbana, IL, Illinois vote in 2024?
In 2024, Champaign-Urbana, IL, Illinois voted Democratic by 14.5 points (D+14.5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 105,642 votes cast, 59,161 went Democratic and 43,847 went Republican.
When did Champaign-Urbana, IL, Illinois last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Champaign-Urbana, IL, Illinois voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Champaign-Urbana, IL, Illinois?
Champaign-Urbana, IL, Illinois has a population of 238,842 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Champaign-Urbana, IL, Illinois?
Median household income in Champaign-Urbana, IL, Illinois is $65,789 — below the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Champaign-Urbana, IL, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Champaign-Urbana, IL, Illinois from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 23 went Republican.
