Champaign, Illinois
Champaign is a city in Illinois in the United States.
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 Location of Champaign in Champaign County, Illinois | |
| Coordinates: 40°06′54″N 88°16′22″W / 40.11500°N 88.27278°WCoordinates: 40°06′54″N 88°16′22″W / 40.11500°N 88.27278°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Illinois |
| County | Champaign |
| Founded | 1855 (West Urbana) |
| Incorporated Town | 1860 (Champaign) |
| City Charter | 1866 |
| Government | |
| • City Manager | Dorothy Ann David |
| • Mayor | Deborah Frank Feinen |
| Area | |
| • City | 22.98 sq mi (59.51 km2) |
| • Land | 22.83 sq mi (59.14 km2) |
| • Water | 0.14 sq mi (0.37 km2) |
| Elevation | 764 ft (233 m) |
| Population | |
| • City | 81,055 |
| • Estimate (2019) | 88,909 |
| • Density | 3,893.88/sq mi (1,503.41/km2) |
| • Urban | 145,361 |
| • Metro | 231,891 |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 61820–61822 (Street addresses) 61824–61826 (PO Boxes) |
| FIPS code | 17-12385 |
| Website | champaignil.gov |
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Champaign, Illinois Media
Cattle Bank building, constructed in 1858, is the oldest extant building in Champaign.
The Illini Union at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The university is the city's top employer.
North view of one of several alleyways in Downtown Champaign
A statue of Roger Ebert giving his "thumbs up" outside the Virginia Theater
A view of Green Street in Campustown, facing east
Memorial Stadium east exterior
A Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (MTD) bus
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References
- ↑ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
- ↑ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015". Archived from the original on October 19, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
- ↑ "City of Champaign". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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