Urbana (Illinois)
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 Downtown Urbana |
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| Location in Illinois | |||
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| Foundation : | 1833 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| County : | Champaign County | ||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 7 ′ N , 88 ° 12 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 37,362 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 1,233.1 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 30.3 km 2 (approx. 12 mi 2 ) of which 30.3 km 2 (approx. 12 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 222 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 61801 | ||
| Area code : | +1 217 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-77005 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 420182 | ||
| Website : | www.city.urbana.il.us | ||
| Mayor : | Laurel Lunt Prussing | ||
 Champaign County Courthouse in Urbana |
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Urbana is a city and county seat of Champaign County in eastern US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . In 2000 Urbana had 37,362 inhabitants; by the 2009 estimate, the population had risen to 39,985.
Urbana is together with the neighboring city of Champaign the seat of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign . The mayoress, Laurel Prussing, was elected in 2004 to succeed Tod Satterthwaite for a term of four years. The city has a strong Democratic majority in most elections, favored by the influence of the university.
Geography and traffic
Urbana extends over 30.3 km².
Interstate 74 runs along the northern edge of the city and is the shortest route from Indianapolis to the Quad Cities . US Highways 45 and 150 and Illinois State Route 130 meet in the center of the city .
In addition to many buildings from the 19th or 20th century , the first passive house in the United States was built in 2003 , which is used privately as a single family home.
A railway line of the Norfolk Southern Railway runs through Urbana in a west-east direction . The region can also be reached by national and regional air traffic through Champaign Airport .
In addition to the immediately adjacent city of Champaign, the nearest larger cities are Danville (54.8 km east), Effingham (122 km south), Decatur (83.6 km southwest) and Bloomington (85 km northwest).
Demographic data
In the official census in 2000 , the population was 36,395. These were distributed over 14,327 households in 6,217 families. The population density was 1,201 inhabitants per square kilometer. There were 15,243 residential buildings, which corresponded to a building density of 503.0 buildings per square kilometer.
The population in 2000 was 67.0 percent white , 14.3 percent African American , 0.2 percent Native American , 14.2 percent Asian, and 1.8 percent other. 2.4 percent said they came from at least two of these groups. 3.5 percent of the population were Hispanics belonging to any of the above groups.
14.9 percent were under 18 years of age, 36.2 percent between 18 and 24, 26.4 percent between 25 and 44, 13.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 9.3 percent 65 and over. The mean age was 25 years. Statistically, there were 111.3 men for every 100 women, 111.7 among those over 18.
The median income per household was 27,819 US dollars (USD), the median family income 42,655 USD. The median income for men was $ 32,827 and that for women was $ 26,349. The per capita income was $ 15,969. Around 13.3 percent of families and 27.3 percent of the total population had their income below the poverty line .
students
Around 40,000 students currently attend the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign . Much of the university's campus is in the city of Urbana, the remainder in the Champaign area.
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- William Slavens McNutt (1885–1938), screenwriter and writer
- Robert W. Holley (1922–1993), biochemist and Nobel Prize winner
- William Mulliken (1939-2014), swimmer
- Ford Doolittle (born 1941), biochemist
- Cecil Bridgewater (* 1942), jazz trumpeter and composer
- Roger Ebert (1942–2013), film critic and first Pulitzer Prize winner for film criticism
- Dan Graham (* 1942), sculptor, concept and video artist
- Tom Harrell (* 1946), jazz trumpeter and composer
- Ward Churchill (* 1947), ethnologist, writer and political activist
- José Graziano da Silva (* 1949), Brazilian economist, agronomist and author; Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Lars Peter Hansen (* 1952), economist
- John Geanakoplos (* 1955), economist
- Brian Lynch (* 1956), jazz trumpeter
- Margaret McCarthy (born 1956), rower
- August Zirner (* 1956), actor, lives in Germany
- Andrew E. Lange (1957-2010), astrophysicist
- Brady W. Dougan (born 1959), bank manager
- Benny Kim (* 1962), violinist
- Karen Kurreck (* 1962), racing cyclist
- Theodore Gray (* 1964), chemist
- Eugie Foster (1971-2014), science fiction and fantasy writer
- Gil Shaham (* 1971), internationally known violinist
- Jennie Garth (born 1972), actress
- Ella Masar (* 1986), soccer player
- Ken Baumann (* 1989), actor
- Jonathan Kuck (* 1990), speed skater
Personalities related to the city
- Richard Powers (born 1957), writer; lives in Urbana
Individual evidence
- ↑ US Postal Service - ZIP Codes
- ↑ US Census Bureau - 2009 estimate for Urbana, Illinois ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Google Maps: Urbana, IL - Danville, IL
- ↑ Google Maps: Urbana, IL - Effingham, IL
- ↑ Google Maps: Urbana, IL - Decatur, IL
- ^ Google Maps: Urbana, IL - Bloomington, IL
- ↑ US Census Bureau - Urbana, Illinois ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Peggy McCarthy in database of Sports-Reference (English)
