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Champaign County

county in Illinois, United States
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Summary

Champaign County is a county of Illinois[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of county of illinois entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (973 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Illinois[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Urbana[5]
  • Shares border with: McLean County[6], Ford County[7], Vermilion County[8], Edgar County[9], Douglas County[10], Piatt County[11]
  • Named after: Champaign County[12]
  • Commons category: Champaign County, Illinois[13]
  • Inception: 1833[14]
  • Official website: https://co.champaign.il.us[15], http://champaigncountyil.gov[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Champaign County, Illinois[17]
  • Population: 201,081[18], 201,416[19], 202,426[20], 203,435[21], 204,897[22], 208,861[23], 205,865[24]
  • Topic has template: Template:Champaign County, Illinois[25]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Champaign County[26]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Champaign County, Illinois[27]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Champaign County, Illinois[28]
  • Number of households: 83,059[29]
  • Native label: Champaign County[30]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C108292[31]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Champaign County, Illinois[32]
  • Different from: Champaign County[33]
  • Area: 2584 km²[34]
  • Water as percent of area: 0.2 percent[35]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Champaign County, Illinois[36]
  • Located in the statistical territorial entity: Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area[37]
  • Per capita income: 31,254 US dollars[38]
  • P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Champaign County, Illinois.tab[39]

Why It Matters

Champaign County has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Related Entities

Illinois United States University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  16. [18] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Population Estimates Program. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . OMB Bulletin No. 23-01. wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Cfls · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bar', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'bpy', 'ca', 'cdo', 'ce', 'ceb', 'cy', 'de', 'en
    Official website → https://co.champaign.il.us, http://champaigncountyil.gov
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Official website: https://champaigncountyil.gov"
  2. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Champaign County, I
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Champaign County, Illinois.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States preside"
  3. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shares border with → McLean County, Ford County, Vermilion County +3
    Named after → —
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2584'}
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Illinois
    + 36 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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