Migration to and from Champaign County, Illinois
Where Champaign County residents came from and where they went over the 5-year window 2016-2020. Census ACS County-to-County Migration Flows, 2020 5-yr (frozen vintage).
Total inflow
25,276
people moved in (5-yr)
Total outflow
15,043
people moved out (5-yr)
Net migration
+10,233
inflow minus outflow
Top 10 counties people moved IN from
| Origin | State / Region | People (5-yr) |
|---|---|---|
| Cook County | Illinois | 5,935 |
| Asia | 1,941 | |
| Lake County | Illinois | 1,202 |
| DuPage County | Illinois | 1,170 |
| Will County | Illinois | 1,020 |
| Vermilion County | Illinois | 483 |
| McHenry County | Illinois | 452 |
| Kane County | Illinois | 418 |
| McLean County | Illinois | 416 |
| Iroquois County | Illinois | 408 |
Top 10 counties people moved OUT to
| Destination | State / Region | People (5-yr) |
|---|---|---|
| Cook County | Illinois | 2,395 |
| Piatt County | Illinois | 375 |
| DuPage County | Illinois | 365 |
| Travis County | Texas | 340 |
| Ford County | Illinois | 328 |
| Wayne County | Indiana | 241 |
| Douglas County | Illinois | 235 |
| Honolulu County | Hawaii | 230 |
| Lake County | Illinois | 221 |
| Pima County | Arizona | 209 |
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Methodology
- Counts represent the number of people aged 1+ who reported a different residence at the survey reference date than they did one year earlier, aggregated across the 5-year sample window 2016-2020.
- Outbound (OUT) flows are reported less frequently than inbound (IN) because the survey captures the destination side of each move. Many county pairs have null OUT counts, which is normal.
- "Total inflow" sums the published MOVEDIN counts across all origin counties, including foreign-region inflows (Africa, Asia, Central America, etc.). It is not the same as net population change.
- Frozen vintage. The Census Bureau has not released a newer county-to-county migration flows file. The 2020 5-yr vintage (covering 2016-2020) is the latest available as of build date.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, County-to-County Migration Flows: 2016-2020. Vintage: 2020 5-yr. Generated: 2026-05-28. FIPS: 17019.