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Peoria Metropolitan Area
Combined Statistical Area
Peoria Civic Center
Country Flag of United States.svg United States
State Flag of Illinois.svg Illinois
Largest city Peoria
Other cities East Peoria
Morton
Pekin
Washington
Canton
Time zone UTC−6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−5 (CDT)

The Peoria Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of six counties in Central Illinois, anchored by the city of Peoria. As of the 2020 census, the area had a population of 402,391. The City of Peoria, according to the 2020 US Census Bureau, has 113,150 people.

Counties

Communities

Historical population
Census Pop.
1900 121,629
1910 134,282 10.4%
1920 150,250 11.9%
1930 187,426 24.7%
1940 211,736 13.0%
1950 250,512 18.3%
1960 334,898 33.7%
1970 362,791 8.3%
1980 387,732 6.9%
1990 358,552 −7.5%
2000 366,899 2.3%
2010 379,186 3.3%
2020 402,391 6.1%
U.S. Decennial Census

Places with more than 100,000 inhabitants

Places with 10,000 to 40,000 inhabitants

Places with 2,500 to 10,000 inhabitants

Places with 1,000 to 2,500 inhabitants

Places with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants

Unincorporated places

Townships

  • Akron
  • Bell Plain
  • Bennington
  • Boynton
  • Brimfield
  • Cazenovia
  • Chillicothe
  • Cincinnati
  • Clayton
  • Cruger
  • Deer Creek
  • Delavan
  • Dillon
  • El Paso
  • Elm Grove
  • Elmira
  • Elmwood
  • Essex
  • Evans
  • Fondulac
  • Goshen
  • Greene
  • Groveland
  • Hallock
  • Henry
  • Hittle
  • Hollis
  • Hopedale
  • Hopewell
  • Jubilee
  • Kansas
  • Kickapoo
  • La Prairie
  • Lacon
  • Limestone
  • Linn
  • Little Mackinaw
  • Logan
  • Mackinaw
  • Malone
  • Medina
  • Metamora
  • Millbrook
  • Minonk
  • Montgomery
  • Morton
  • Olio
  • Osceola
  • Palestine
  • Panola
  • Partridge
  • Pekin
  • Penn
  • Princeville
  • Radnor
  • Richland
  • Richwoods
  • Roanoke
  • Roberts
  • Rosefield
  • Sand Prairie
  • Saratoga
  • Spring Bay
  • Spring Lake
  • Steuben
  • Timber
  • Toulon
  • Tremont
  • Trivoli
  • Valley
  • Washington
  • West Jersey
  • West Peoria
  • Whitefield
  • Worth

Combined Statistical Area

The Peoria–Canton Combined Statistical Area is made up of six counties in central Illinois. The statistical area includes one metropolitan area and one micropolitan area. As of the 2000 Census, the CSA had a population of 405,149 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 412,517).

  • Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
    • Peoria (Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties)
  • Micropolitan Statistical Area (μSA)
    • Canton (Fulton County)

Demographics

As of the census of 2020, there were 402,391 people within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 88.54% White, 8.40% African American, 0.23% Native American, 1.05% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.59% from other races, and 1.18% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.52% of the population.

The median income for a household in the MSA was $42,805, and the median income for a family was $50,756. Males had a median income of $38,135 versus $23,793 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $20,104.

See also

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