25-02-2025
Urbana completes partial census
URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — The City of Urbana has corrected its population numbers.
After conducting a Partial Special Census last year, the population of Urbana has increased by nearly 2,500, the city announced in a press release Monday. The City's official Census 2025 population is now 40,795.
'We are sincerely grateful to all the residents who responded to Census 2025,' Urbana mayor Diane Wolfe Marlin said in a statement. 'They live here and they count.'
The 2020 census saw a sharp population decline for areas near the University of Illinois. Urbana leaders attributed it to the census happening two weeks after UIUC shut down in-person classes due to COVID-19.
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Marlin requested the census in July, and it was conducted in the fall.
City officials said the new number secures an additional $600,000 per year in state revenues for the general operating fund and motor fuel tax fund.
'From a financial standpoint, it helps ensure that our community receives its fair share of state and federal funding distributed on a per capita basis,' Marlin said. 'It also is important that we have accurate demographic and housing data in order to plan for programs and services.'
Marlin said the partial census also counted residents in several new housing complexes that had been built since 2020.
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