Champaign

Champaign, Illinois
City
Neil Street in downtown Champaign at night
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Champaign
Elevation	764 ft (233 m)
Coordinates	40°06′54″N 88°16′22″W / 40.11500°N 88.27278°W / 40.11500; -88.27278Coordinates: 40°06′54″N 88°16′22″W / 40.11500°N 88.27278°W / 40.11500; -88.27278
Area	22.46 sq mi (58.2 km2)
- land	22.43 sq mi (58 km2)
- water	0.03 sq mi (0 km2), 0.13%
Population	86,096 (2015)
- urban	145,361
- metro	231,891
Density	3,613.2/sq mi (1,395/km2)
Founded	1855 (West Urbana)
- Incorporated Town	1860 (Champaign)
- City Charter	1866
Mayor	Deborah Frank Feinen
Timezone	CST (UTC−6)
- summer (DST)	CDT (UTC−5)
ZIP codes	61820–61822, 61824–61826 (PO Box)
Area code	217
Location of City of Champaign Township within Champaign County
Location of Champaign within Illinois
Location of Illinois in the United States
Website: www.champaignil.gov

Champaign (English /ˌʃæmˈpeɪn/) is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The city is 135 miles (217 km) south of Chicago, 124 miles (200 km) west of Indianapolis, Indiana, and 178 mi (286 km) northeast of St. Louis, Missouri. The United States Census Bureau estimates the city was home to 84,513 people as of July 1, 2014. Champaign is the tenth-most populous city in Illinois, and the state's fourth-most populous city outside of the Chicago metropolitan area.

Champaign is notable for sharing the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign with its sister city of Urbana. Champaign is also the home of Parkland College which serves about 18,000 students during the academic year. Due to the university and a number of well known technology startup companies, it is often referred to as the hub, or a significant landmark, of the Silicon Prairie. Champaign houses offices for Abbott, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Caterpillar, Deere & Company, Dow Chemical Company, IBM, State Farm, and Intel all of which are Fortune 500 companies, and for Sony.