Champaign among nation's faster-growing cities
Posted May 24, 2016 7:00 am
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - The U.S. Census Bureau reports that Champaign is among the nation's faster-growing cities.
The (Champaign) News-Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/1XubTfB ) that the city is the only one in Illinois to reach that distinction. Of the others, 74 are in California, 47 are in Texas, and 17 are in the Carolinas.
From July 2014 to July 2015, the Census found Champaign grew by 1.5 percent, to just over 86,900. It's now the 380th-largest city nationally and No. 10 in Illinois.
Champaign's sister city, Urbana, grew by 140 people, pushing its population to just over 42,300.
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Information from: The News-Gazette, http://www.news-gazette.com
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