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32-505: Champaign County is the name of two counties in the United States: Champaign County, Illinois Champaign County, Ohio [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to

64-593: A county in the U.S. state of Illinois . As of the 2020 Census , its population was 205,865, making it the 10th-most populous county in Illinois. Its county seat is Urbana . Champaign County is part of the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area . The twin cities of Urbana and Champaign are the only cities in the county, and they nearly surround the campus of the University of Illinois . Champaign County

96-596: A Democratic presidential nominee, despite losing the presidential election. Republican Donald Trump had particularly poor showings in the county, receiving less than 40% of the vote in 2016, 2020, and 2024, his third-worst showing in the state and his worst outside the Chicago area. Here is a list of K–12 school districts with territory in the county, no matter how slight, even if the districts have their schools and/or administrative offices in other counties: K–12: Secondary: Elementary: University of Illinois lies in

128-429: A family was $ 65,785. Males had a median income of $ 45,823 versus $ 35,321 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 24,553. About 9.7% of families and 20.5% of the population were below the poverty line , including 20.2% of those under age 18 and 8.3% of those age 65 or over. The Champaign County Economic Development Corporation (CHCEDC) produced a 2009 County Demographic Profile which includes information on

160-934: A key problem in such canals is ensuring a sufficient water supply. Important examples are the Chicago Portage , connecting the Great Lakes and Mississippi by the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal , and the Canal des Deux Mers in France, connecting the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. The name is enshrined at the Height of Land Portage on the route from the Great Lakes in the Atlantic drainage basin to

192-658: A record high of 109 °F (43 °C) was recorded in July 1954. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 1.90 inches (48 mm) in January to 4.80 inches (122 mm) in May. As of the 2010 census , there were 201,081 people, 80,665 households, and 42,737 families residing in the county. The population density was 201.8 inhabitants per square mile (77.9/km ). There were 87,569 housing units at an average density of 87.9 per square mile (33.9/km ). The racial makeup of

224-806: Is the bifurcation of the Orinoco in the north of South America , whose main stream empties into the Caribbean , but which also drains into the South Atlantic via the Casiquiare canal and Amazon River . Since ridgelines are sometimes easy to see and agree about, drainage divides may form natural borders defining political boundaries, as with the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in British North America which coincided with

256-529: Is used in Canada and the United States to refer to a drainage divide. It is frequently used in border descriptions, which are set according to the "doctrine of natural boundaries ". In glaciated areas it often refers to a low point on a divide where it is possible to portage a canoe from one river system to another. Drainage divides can be divided into three types: A valley-floor divide occurs on

288-504: Is water. It is the fifth-largest county in Illinois by land area. Because Champaign County is situated on a large and very flat plateau , it had virtually no natural drainage, so that much of the County consisted of wetlands until drainage ditches were built, beginning in the 1870s. This was an example of an upland marsh , which resulted in a high incidence of malaria before the late nineteenth century. The topography of Champaign County

320-680: The Urstromtäler , for example, between Havel and Finow in the Eberswalde Urstromtal . In marsh deltas such as the Okavango , the largest drainage area on earth, or in large lakes areas, such as the Finnish Lakeland , it is difficult to find a meaningful definition of a watershed. A bifurcation is where the watershed is effectively in a river bed, in a wetland, or underground. The largest watershed of this type

352-746: The Black Sea and the Rienz into the Adriatic . Settlements are often built on valley-floor divides in the Alps. Examples are Eben im Pongau , Kirchberg in Tirol and Waidring (In all of these, the village name indicates the pass and the watershed is even explicitly displayed in the coat of arms). Extremely low divides with heights of less than two metres are found on the North German Plain within

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384-406: The age of 18 living with them, 39.7% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 47.0% were non-families, and 33.2% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.95. The median age was 28.9 years. The median income for a household in the county was $ 45,262 and the median income for

416-799: The bottom of a valley and arises as a result of subsequent depositions, such as scree , in a valley through which a river originally flowed continuously. Examples include the Kartitsch Saddle in the Gail valley in East Tyrol , which forms the watershed between the Drau and the Gail, and the divides in the Toblacher Feld between Innichen and Toblach in Italy , where the Drau empties into

448-521: The branch lines is limited and consists primarily of freight. Amtrak , Greyhound , and Peoria Charter operate intercity buses from Champaign–Urbana to Chicago, St. Louis , Indianapolis , and other destinations. The Champaign–Urbana Mass Transit District operates public city buses in Champaign, Urbana, and Savoy. Champaign County Area Rural Transit System (C-CARTS) provides on-demand transportation services for those living in rural areas of

480-418: The closing of Chanute Air Force Base in the 1990s. In the 2004 Presidential election, it was one of only 15 of the 102 Illinois counties where John Kerry received a majority of the vote (50.37%). The county is 27 miles wide (east–west) and 36 miles long (north–south). Its area is 998 square miles (2,580 km ), of which 996 square miles (2,580 km ) is land and 2.1 square miles (5.4 km ) (0.2%)

512-411: The county was 73.4% white, 12.4% black or African American, 8.9% Asian, 0.3% American Indian, 0.1% Pacific islander, 2.2% from other races, and 2.7% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 5.3% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 23.9% were German , 12.2% were Irish , 11.5% were American , and 8.9% were English . Of the 80,665 households, 25.8% had children under

544-476: The county. 40°08′N 88°12′W  /  40.14°N 88.20°W  / 40.14; -88.20 Drainage divide A triple divide is a point, often a summit , where three drainage basins meet. A valley floor divide is a low drainage divide that runs across a valley , sometimes created by deposition or stream capture . Major divides separating rivers that drain to different seas or oceans are continental divides . The term height of land

576-627: The county. C-CARTS also operates fixed-route local bus service in the village of Rantoul, along with an additional route connecting Rantoul to Champaign–Urbana. In August 2018, the Champaign County Board voted to approve solar farms on certain agricultural properties. Solar farms produce photovoltaic energy , which is energy produced by cells that generate electricity when they are hit by light. The board approved solar farms in AG-1 and AG-2 agricultural zoning districts. In order to make

608-784: The county: There are two train stations in Champaign County: The Illinois Terminal in downtown Champaign and Rantoul station in Rantoul. Both stations are served by the Amtrak Illini and Saluki trains, which operate once daily between Chicago and Carbondale . The Illinois Terminal is also served by the City of New Orleans , which operates once daily between Chicago and New Orleans . Amtrak passenger trains in Champaign County use

640-481: The east, west, and south. The Kaskaskia River has its origin to the northwest of Champaign , draining the western side of that City. The Kaskaskia flows toward the southwest, joining the Mississippi south of St. Louis , Missouri . The Embarras River , on the other hand, drains the south-central portion of Champaign–Urbana , originating in southeastern Champaign and flowing through the experimental fields on

672-498: The few Democratic bastions in central Illinois, and has become one of the most Democratic counties in downstate Illinois. Since 2004, it has given a majority of the vote to Democratic candidates due to the county's liberalism, as home to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign . This tracks closely with the strong Democratic trend in other counties influenced by college towns since the 1990s. The county's more rural precincts are still heavily Republican, however, they are overpowered by

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704-698: The former Illinois Central mainline, which is owned by the Canadian National Railway and also used by freight trains. The Norfolk Southern Railway operates two branch lines in Champaign County: the Mansfield Line from Urbana to Mansfield and the Lafayette District from Decatur to Peru, Indiana . Canadian National also operates branch lines from Champaign to Seymour and Rantoul to Dewey . Traffic on

736-401: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Champaign_County&oldid=932755187 " Category : United States county name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Champaign County, Illinois Champaign County is

768-665: The population, labor, housing, cost of living, education, taxes, retail sales, transportation, quality of life, utilities. CHCEDC also conducts labor force studies every two years and labor shed studies every few years. Supported by the University of Illinois , through backings such as the Research Park, and Champaign County leaders, the area has shown even more growth in Information Technology, Micro/Nanotechnology, Bio-Imaging, Healthcare, Logistics, Distribution, and Agribusiness in recent years. As of 2023,

800-662: The ridgeline of the Appalachian Mountains forming the Eastern Continental Divide that separated settled colonial lands in the east from Indian Territory to the west. Another instance of a border matching a watershed in modern times involves the western border between Labrador and Quebec , as arbitrated by the privy council in 1927. Drainage divides hinder waterway navigation . In pre-industrial times, water divides were crossed at portages . Later, canals connected adjoining drainage basins;

832-421: The solar farms, developers must obtain a special permit from the county board first. At least seven applications for permits were submitted in the first month. In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Urbana have ranged from a low of 16 °F (−9 °C) in January to a high of 85 °F (29 °C) in July, although a record low of −25 °F (−32 °C) was recorded in January 1999 and

864-731: The southern part of the campus of the University of Illinois . The Embarras is a tributary to the Wabash River and Ohio River systems. The northeast corner of Champaign, the central portion of the University campus, and the northern part of Urbana are drained by the Boneyard Creek , which flows into the Saline Branch , a tributary of the Vermilion and Wabash rivers. The following public-use airports are located in

896-423: The top 15 employers in the county are the University of Illinois, Carle Foundation Hospital, Champaign Schools Unit 4, Kraft Heinz, OSF Healthcare, Parkland College, Kirby Foods, Christie Clinic, Champaign County Government, Urbana School District #116, FedEx, Plastipak, Rantoul Foods, Busey Bank, and SuperValu. Township government was adopted on November 8, 1859. Like most of central Illinois , Champaign County

928-406: The vote in Champaign and Urbana, which account for over 60 percent of the county's population. George H. W. Bush in 1988 was the last Republican to carry the county, and Barack Obama 's 2008 performance was the best by a Democrat until Joe Biden 's 2020 performance surpassed it. In 2024, Democrat Kamala Harris received over 60% of the vote in the county, the highest percentage ever received by

960-520: Was formed by the Wisconsin glaciation about 20,000 years before the present. Lobes of ice from what is now Lake Michigan crossed the county, creating a deep pile of glacial soil, up to 300 feet thick, topped by numerous moraines forming small, flat watersheds with no outlets. Champaign County is situated on the divide between the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers . Rivers flow out of Champaign County to

992-564: Was organized in 1833, having been previously a part of Vermilion County . The development of the county was greatly furthered by the arrival of the Chicago Branch of the Illinois Central Railroad , and even more by the establishment of the land-grant university. Later, the county also got an airport and a mass transit district . The northern part of the county experienced an economic and demographic setback with

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1024-536: Was powerfully Republican between the Civil War and the latter portion of the 20th century. From 1856 to 1988, it only supported a Democrat three times, in the national Democratic landslides of 1932, 1936 and 1964. Pockets of Democratic support existed in the cities of Champaign and Urbana, which frequently sent Democrats to the Illinois House of Representatives . Since 1992, Champaign County has been one of

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