Springfield metropolitan area, Illinois

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).

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

Counties

Springfield, IL MSA

Jacksonville, IL μSA

Lincoln, IL μSA

Logan County

Taylorville, IL μSA

Christian County

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

Places with fewer than 500 inhabitants

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)

Major highways

Demographics

As of the census 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.