Champaign is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, in the United States.
The city is located 135 miles south of Chicago and 124 miles west of Indianapolis, Indiana.
Though in many respects Champaign is still a farm community, it is notable for sharing the campus
of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with its sibling city of Urbana.
Thanks to the university and a number of well known technology startups (see below),
Champaign is often referred to as the hub of, or at least a significant landmark of, the Silicon Prairie.
As reported in the 2000 U.S. Census, the city was home to 67,518 people.
The city held a special census in 2007 that showed that its population had grown to 75,254.
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