† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupUrbanaIllinoisUnited States
German15.6%16.1%12.5%
English8.6%6.9%9.5%
Irish8.1%10.6%9.4%
American2.7%3.3%5.3%
Italian2.5%5.4%4.8%
Polish2.5%6.0%2.2%
French1.4%0.7%1.6%
Scottish1.2%—1.3%
African American†17.3%12.1%9.9%
African0.7%0.5%0.5%
Chinese5.4%1.0%1.3%
Asian Indian2.9%2.1%1.4%
Korean1.7%0.4%0.4%
Filipino1.2%1.0%0.9%
Vietnamese0.7%0.2%0.6%
Pakistani0.4%0.3%—
Taiwanese0.4%——
Japanese0.2%—0.2%
Mexican6.2%14.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.9%1.7%1.8%
Spaniard0.6%——
Guatemalan0.4%0.3%0.5%
Colombian0.4%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
Urbana
Illinois
United States
Median age
26.1
39.1
39.1
Age 18–24
34.4%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
11.6%
16.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Urbana
Illinois
United States
Median household income
$45,346
$83,390
$84,427
Poverty rate
28.0%
11.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
56.7%
37.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Urbana
Illinois
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
24.6%
24.1%
22.3%
Spanish
6.5%
14.0%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
3.8%
2.6%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
6.2%
0.9%
1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.9%
1.0%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Urbana
Illinois
United States
Catholic
—
24.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
49.2%
51.5%
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.
Urbana, Illinois
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+42.5%
2008
+53.9%
2012
+47.2%
2016
+56.9%
2020
+62.4%
2024
+63.8%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
80.1%Harris12,502
16.3%Trump2,545
3.6%
D+63.8
D+1.4
D+65.2
15,616
D
79.5%Biden12,688
17.1%Trump2,736
3.4%
D+62.4
D+5.4
D+57.9
15,960
D
73.9%Clinton12,794
17.0%Trump2,943
9.1%
D+56.9
D+9.8
D+54.8
17,305
D
72.0%Obama9,800
24.8%Romney3,381
3.1%
D+47.2
R+6.7
D+43.3
13,608
D
75.6%Obama12,135
21.7%McCain3,490
2.6%
D+53.9
D+11.3
D+46.6
16,049
D
70.5%Kerry10,331
27.9%Bush4,096
1.6%
D+42.5
—
D+45.0
14,664
Home to the U of I flagship campus, Urbana's voting patterns track student enrollment cycles closely, with Democratic margins in federal races typically exceeding 30 points in precincts near campus.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 63.8 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.4 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 63.8 points.
A population of 39,341, a 56% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $45,346 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Kalamazoo and Bloomington.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Urbana, Illinois voted Democratic by 63.8 points (D+63.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 15,616 votes cast, 12,502 went Democratic and 2,545 went Republican.
How many people live in Urbana, Illinois?
Urbana, Illinois has a population of 39,341 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Urbana, Illinois?
Median household income in Urbana, Illinois is $45,346 — below the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Urbana, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Urbana, Illinois from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
