† 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
4 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-Danville, ILIllinoisUnited States
German17.3%16.1%12.5%
English10.4%6.9%9.5%
Irish9.1%10.6%9.4%
American4.3%3.3%5.3%
Italian2.5%5.4%4.8%
Polish2.2%6.0%2.2%
French1.4%0.7%1.6%
Scottish1.4%—1.3%
African American†11.8%12.1%9.9%
African0.4%0.5%0.5%
Chinese2.9%1.0%1.3%
Asian Indian1.5%2.1%1.4%
Korean0.9%0.4%0.4%
Filipino0.7%1.0%0.9%
Vietnamese0.4%0.2%0.6%
Pakistani0.2%0.3%—
Taiwanese0.2%——
Mexican4.7%14.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%1.7%1.8%
Spaniard0.4%——
Guatemalan0.3%0.3%0.5%
Colombian0.2%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-Danville, IL
Illinois
United States
Median age
34.3
39.1
39.1
Age 18–24
17.8%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.1%
16.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL
Illinois
United States
Median household income
$63,716
$83,390
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.8%
11.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
38.0%
37.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL
Illinois
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
14.0%
24.1%
22.3%
Spanish
4.5%
14.0%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.0%
0.3%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
1.8%
2.6%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
2.7%
0.9%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL
Illinois
United States
Catholic
9.3%
24.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
17.1%
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
61.5%
49.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
7.5%
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-Danville, IL
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−12.3%
1896
−20.0%
1900
−19.9%
1904
−38.4%
1908
−25.1%
1912
+4.6%
1916
−15.4%
1920
−41.4%
1924
−38.4%
1928
−32.2%
1932
+14.7%
1936
+8.8%
1940
−6.5%
1944
−13.6%
1948
−18.1%
1952
−26.2%
1956
−28.6%
1960
−20.7%
1964
+8.0%
1968
−16.1%
1972
−22.8%
1976
−10.3%
1980
−21.7%
1984
−19.5%
1988
−5.0%
1992
+10.9%
1996
+6.1%
2000
−2.0%
2004
−5.5%
2008
+9.0%
2012
−2.7%
2016
+1.2%
2020
+3.6%
2024
+3.5%
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
50.6%Harris68,415
47.1%Trump63,624
2.3%
D+3.5
±0.0
D+5.0
135,191
D
50.3%Biden72,473
46.7%Trump67,306
3.0%
D+3.6
D+2.4
R+0.9
144,033
D
46.6%Clinton64,235
45.4%Trump62,569
8.0%
D+1.2
D+3.9
R+0.9
137,902
R
47.2%Obama58,455
50.0%Romney61,846
2.8%
R+2.7
R+11.8
R+6.6
123,775
D
53.6%Obama70,929
44.6%McCain58,995
1.9%
D+9.0
D+14.5
D+1.7
132,400
R
46.7%Kerry61,286
52.2%Bush68,530
1.1%
R+5.5
R+3.5
R+3.1
131,213
R
46.7%Gore56,499
48.7%Bush58,936
4.5%
R+2.0
R+8.1
R+2.5
120,923
D
48.1%Clinton53,318
42.0%Dole46,589
9.9%
D+6.1
R+4.9
R+2.5
110,940
D
45.6%Clinton59,081
34.7%Bush44,921
19.7%
D+10.9
D+15.9
D+5.4
129,481
R
47.1%Dukakis52,776
52.1%Bush58,386
0.7%
R+5.0
D+14.5
D+2.7
111,988
R
40.0%Mondale48,399
59.5%Reagan72,027
0.5%
R+19.5
D+2.2
R+1.3
121,078
R
33.1%Carter39,739
54.9%Reagan65,799
12.0%
R+21.7
R+11.4
R+12.0
119,959
R
43.9%Carter51,495
54.2%Ford63,540
1.9%
R+10.3
D+12.5
R+12.3
117,226
R
38.4%McGovern43,484
61.2%Nixon69,276
0.4%
R+22.8
R+6.6
D+0.4
113,163
R
36.7%Humphrey39,326
52.9%Nixon56,624
10.4%
R+16.1
R+24.1
R+15.4
107,135
D
54.0%Johnson57,881
46.0%Goldwater49,307
0.0%
D+8.0
D+28.7
R+14.6
107,188
R
39.4%Kennedy42,404
60.0%Nixon64,649
0.6%
R+20.7
D+7.9
R+20.8
107,660
R
35.7%Stevenson36,298
64.2%Eisenhower65,373
0.1%
R+28.6
R+2.4
R+13.2
101,786
R
36.8%Stevenson37,063
63.0%Eisenhower63,472
0.2%
R+26.2
R+8.1
R+15.5
100,754
R
40.1%Truman32,185
58.2%Dewey46,699
1.6%
R+18.1
R+4.5
R+22.6
80,190
R
42.9%Roosevelt37,140
56.5%Dewey48,958
0.6%
R+13.6
R+7.1
R+21.1
86,601
R
46.4%Roosevelt47,080
53.0%Willkie53,707
0.6%
R+6.5
R+15.4
R+16.5
101,407
D
53.6%Roosevelt51,018
44.8%Landon42,613
1.6%
D+8.8
R+5.8
R+15.4
95,162
D
56.3%Roosevelt48,881
41.7%Hoover36,159
2.0%
D+14.7
D+46.8
R+3.1
86,806
R
33.5%Smith25,700
65.7%Hoover50,343
0.7%
R+32.2
D+6.3
R+14.7
76,617
R
21.3%Davis14,471
59.8%Coolidge40,537
18.9%
R+38.4
D+3.0
R+13.3
67,823
R
26.4%Cox16,742
67.8%Harding43,026
5.8%
R+41.4
R+26.0
R+15.2
63,466
R
39.6%Wilson28,547
55.0%Hughes39,644
5.3%
R+15.4
R+20.0
R+18.6
72,022
O
33.2%Wilson12,482
28.7%Taft10,771
38.1%
Roosevelt +4.8
D+29.6
R+15.0
37,556
R
34.7%Bryan13,844
59.8%Taft23,854
5.6%
R+25.1
D+13.3
R+15.5
39,918
R
26.7%Parker9,634
65.0%Roosevelt23,484
8.3%
R+38.4
R+18.4
R+18.7
36,113
R
38.3%Bryan14,536
58.3%McKinley22,096
3.4%
R+19.9
±0.0
R+12.4
37,912
R
38.9%Bryan13,857
58.9%McKinley20,958
2.2%
R+20.0
R+7.7
R+13.9
35,589
R
41.4%Cleveland12,758
53.7%Harrison16,547
4.9%
R+12.3
—
R+14.0
30,817
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
51.0%52,370
47.0%48,204
102,590
2020
D
50.3%71,767
45.5%64,903
142,730
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL
Year
Total registered
2016
204,394
2018
177,839
2020
196,275
2022
188,687
2024
199,357
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−2,133 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −38,488 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL in Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−1,979
2012
−2,536
2013
−1,814
2014
−2,578
2015
−2,427
2016
−2,844
2017
−3,801
2018
−4,212
2019
−3,883
2021
−1,006
2022
−2,439
2023
−3,335
2024
−3,501
2025
−2,133
Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 14.7 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 41.4 points in 1920. The 2024 margin was 3.5 points.
A population of 311,228, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,716 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Ithaca-Cortland, NY and Bloomington-Bedford, IN.
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The combined metros whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
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How did Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL, Illinois vote in 2024?
In 2024, Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL, Illinois voted Democratic by 3.5 points (D+3.5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 135,191 votes cast, 68,415 went Democratic and 63,624 went Republican.
When did Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL, Illinois last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL, Illinois voted Republican was 2012.
How many people live in Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL, Illinois?
Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL, Illinois has a population of 311,228 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL, Illinois?
Median household income in Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL, Illinois is $63,716 — below the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL, Illinois from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.
