Springfield metropolitan area, Illinois

Springfield Metropolitan Area Springfield, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Downtown Springfield and the Illinois State Capitol
Springfield–Jacksonville–Lincoln, IL CSA   City of Springfield   Springfield, IL MSA   Jacksonville, IL µSA   Taylorville, IL µSA   Lincoln, IL µSA
Country	United States
State	Illinois
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)

The Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in Central Illinois, anchored by the city of Springfield. As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 201,437 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 208,182).^[1]

Metropolitan Springfield is southwest of Chicago, south of Peoria, southwest of Bloomington and Champaign, and west of Decatur.

Counties

• Menard
• Sangamon

Communities

Places with more than 100,000 inhabitants

• Springfield (Principal city)

Places with 10,000 to 20,000 inhabitants

• Chatham

Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants

Athens Auburn Divernon Grandview Jerome Leland Grove New Berlin

Pawnee Petersburg Riverton Rochester Sherman Southern View Virden (partial) Williamsville

Places with 500 to 1,000 inhabitants

• Greenview
• Illiopolis
• Loami
• Pleasant Plains
• Spaulding
• Tallula
• Thayer

Places with fewer than 500 inhabitants

• Berlin
• Buffalo
• Cantrall
• Clear Lake
• Curran
• Dawson
• Mechanicsburg
• Oakford

Unincorporated places

Andrew Archer Atterbury Barclay Bates Bissell Bolivia Bradfordton Breckenridge Cimic Devereux Fancy Prairie Farmingdale

Glenarm Hubly Ildes Park Place Lowder New City Old Berlin Riddle Hill Roby Salisbury Sicily Sweet Water Tice Toronto

Townships (Sangamon County)

Auburn Ball Buffalo Hart Capital Cartwright Chatham Clear Lake Cooper Cotton Hill Curran Divernon Fancy Creek Gardner Illiopolis

Island Grove Lanesville Loami Maxwell Mechanicsburg New Berlin Pawnee Rochester Salisbury (former township) Springfield Talkington Williams Woodside

Precincts (Menard County)

• Athens North
• Athens South
• Atterberry
• Fancy Prairie
• Greenview
• Indian Creek
• Irish Grove
• Oakford
• Petersburg East
• Petersburg North
• Petersburg South
• Rock Creek
• Sand Ridge
• Sugar Grove
• Tallula

Demographics

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 201,437 people, 83,595 households, and 54,361 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 88.11% White, 9.08% African American, 0.21% Native American, 1.04% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.37% from other races, and 1.16% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.04% of the population.

The median income for a household in the MSA was $44,777, and the median income for a family was $53,448. Males had a median income of $37,283 versus $27,912 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $22,379.

See also

• Illinois census statistical areas

References

1. "Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 (CBSA-EST2009-01)". 2009 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. 2010-03-23. Archived from the original (CSV) on June 15, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

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