212,374 people (2024 Census estimate, +3.0% since 2020)
996 square miles of land · 213 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
38 active community water systems list Champaign County in the area they serve, reporting 206,000 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| IL AMERICAN-CHAMPAIGN groundwater · private · IL0195300 | 150,000 served |
| RANTOUL groundwater · local government · IL0190650 | 13,000 served |
| U OF I-CHAMPAIGN buys groundwater · state · IL0195500 | 13,000 served |
| MAHOMET groundwater · local government · IL0190450 | 7,000 served |
| SANGAMON VALLEY PWD groundwater · local government · IL0195150 | 5,300 served |
| IL AMERICAN-TOLONO buys groundwater · local government · IL0191000 | 3,604 served |
| IL AMERICAN-FISHER groundwater · local government · IL0190150 | 2,026 served |
| AQUA ILLINOIS-PHILO buys groundwater · private · IL0190600 | 1,378 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 239 people were held in Champaign County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 166 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 148.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
14 school districts have their office in Champaign County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $234.2 million — $216 million to run schools, about $21,009 per student, plus $5.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $149.7 million local (mostly property tax), $69.4 million state, $27.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $244 million.
Spent $108.9 million — $90.5 million to run schools, about $20,461 per student, plus $14 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $51.7 million local (mostly property tax), $41.7 million state, $18.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $34.8 million.
Spent $37.7 million — $35.4 million to run schools, about $10,332 per student, plus $1.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $24.4 million local (mostly property tax), $16.9 million state, $3.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $26.8 million.
Spent $36.1 million — $33.6 million to run schools, about $20,067 per student, plus $874,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.6 million local (mostly property tax), $23.5 million state, $7.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $16.1 million.
Spent $26.6 million — $22.5 million to run schools, about $14,731 per student, plus $2.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10.3 million local (mostly property tax), $12.8 million state, $2.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $11.6 million.
Spent $17.7 million — $15.4 million to run schools, about $18,173 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.5 million local (mostly property tax), $10.2 million state, $2.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.4 million.
Spent $13.2 million — $9.8 million to run schools, about $12,336 per student, plus $3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.2 million local (mostly property tax), $5.4 million state, $805,000 federal. Long-term debt: $7.6 million.
Spent $9 million — $8.3 million to run schools, about $13,509 per student, plus $243,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.3 million local (mostly property tax), $5.3 million state, $944,000 federal. Long-term debt: $7.2 million.
And 6 more.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Champaign County about $93.3 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
728 bridges in Champaign County: 432 in good condition, 237 fair, and 59 poor (8.1%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| I-74 over US 45(FAP 800) · built 1956 | 41,900 vehicles a day |
| FAP 725(EB) over Canadian National Railwa · built 1966 | 10,450 vehicles a day |
| FAP 725 (WB) over CN Railwy & Copper Sloug · built 1966 | 10,450 vehicles a day |
| I-72(EB) over I-57 · built 1965 | 8,650 vehicles a day |
| I-72(WB) over I-57 · built 1965 | 8,650 vehicles a day |
| FAU 7155(DUNCAN RD over COPPER SLOUGH · built 1976 | 7,550 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $364.1 million of work in Champaign County in fiscal 2025, about $1,769 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Illinois are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Champaign County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Champaign County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Piatt County (23 mi) · Vermilion County (25 mi) · Douglas County (26 mi) · Ford County (32 mi) · De Witt County (37 mi) · Edgar County (40 mi).