Champaign

United States North America

Primary City: Champaign

Primary State/Province: Illinois

Primary Language: English

Population: 242K

GDP: $16B • GDP per capita: $63,981

#402

Global Rank

6.1

Power Score

Established Metro

% of Country Score

0.2%


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Champaign metro area

40.11, -88.27
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Dimension Breakdown

Value and global rank across all 16 dimensions

Stands out for Top Universities, Hospitals, & Research.

World #1Top 5Outside top 5

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Closest profiles across all 16 dimensions

Sports

Championship History

Every major championship won by a team while it represented Champaign, across all sports, newest first. 4in total. Each links to the team and the competition's full honour roll.

Illinois
1927· 1927-11-19
Illinois
1923· 1923-11-24

Top Companies

1Flex-N-Gate
$28B
Private

Total Market Cap: $28B across 1 companies

Source data as of August 1, 2026 (companiesmarketcap.com)

Sound of Champaign

#168 by artist origin · combined 7.2 (US 2.3 / UK 0.2) · signature decade 1980s · Full sound profile →

Top artists: REO Speedwagon

Number-one singles by Champaign artists2

Can't Fight This Feeling

REO Speedwagon

US1985

Keep On Loving You

REO Speedwagon

US1981

Screen of Champaign

#99 by film pedigree · score 40.4 · 4 people in a century of top-grossing films and Oscar nominations · Full screen profile →

Leading figures: Frances McDormand, William Slavens McNutt, David Ayer, Helen Estabrook

Education & Research

Top 2000 Universities1 entry
#22

University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Champaign, United States

Notable Infrastructure

Airport1 entry

University of Illinois-Willard

Savoy • 4 - Regional