Evansville metropolitan area

Evansville Metro, Tri-state area
Metropolitan area
Evansville, Indiana–Kentucky, metropolitan statistical area
The Evansville metropolitan area (left) with the neighboring Owensboro metropolitan area (right)
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State(s)	Indiana, Kentucky
Largest city	Evansville, Indiana
Other cities	– Boonville – Henderson – Newburgh – Princeton – Mount Vernon
Area
• Total	2,367 sq mi (6,130 km2)
Highest elevation	595 ft (181 m)
Lowest elevation	320 ft (98 m)
Population
• Total	358,676
• Rank	159th in the U.S.
• Density	152.9/sq mi (59.0/km2)

The Evansville metropolitan area is the 142nd largest metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the United States. The primary city is Evansville, Indiana, the largest city in Southern Indiana and hub for Southwestern Indiana. Other Indiana cities include Boonville, Mount Vernon, Oakland City, and Princeton. Large towns in Indiana include Chandler, Fort Branch, and Newburgh. Cities in Kentucky include Henderson, Dixon, Providence, and Robards and currently covers an area of 2,367 sq mi (6,130 km²). It is the primary metropolitan area in the Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky Tri-State Area.

History

It was originally designated the Evansville, Indiana, standard metropolitan area and was formed by the United States Census Bureau in 1950, consisting solely of Vanderburgh County, Indiana. As surrounding counties saw an increase in their population densities and the number of residents employed within Vanderburgh County, they met Census criteria to be added to the MSA. Four Indiana counties and two Kentucky counties are now a part of this MSA.

Because it includes counties in both Indiana and Kentucky, the Evansville metropolitan area is sometimes referred to as "Kentuckiana". The entire region is usually referred to as the Tri-State because of Illinois bordering Posey County less than 20 miles west of Evansville and to distinguish it from the Louisville metropolitan area.

Possibilities for expansion and combination

Another Kentucky county, Union, and two Illinois counties, White and Wabash, may be added to the metropolitan area as a significant amount of all three counties' populations commute to jobs in Vanderburgh County or any of the other five counties. Another Indiana County, Spencer, may find itself in either the Evansville or Owensboro areas. There is also a possibility that the Owensboro and Evansville Metros could become the Evansville–Owensboro, IL–IN–KY Combined Statistical Area as travel time decreases and interaction increases with improved infrastructure between the two areas with Interstate 69, the expansion of the Lloyd Expressway, as well as the new U.S. 231 corridor. The two metro areas are already a single television market.

Major employers

Healthcare

• Deaconess Health Sysytem, Evansville
• St. Vincent Southwest, Evansville

Industrial

• Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana, Gibson County
• Alcoa, Warrick County
• SABIC, formerly GE Plastics, Posey County
• Vectren, Operates three power plants in the area in Posey and Warrick Counties.
• Duke Energy Indiana, Operates a power plant in Gibson County.

Current populations

Geographic Area	2010 Census	Census 2000	1990 Census	1980 Census	1970 Census	1960 Census	1950 Census
Evansville MSA	358,676	342,815	324,858	309,408	232,775	199,313	160,422
Gibson County, Indiana	33,503	32,500	31,913	33,156	30,444¹	29,949¹	30,720¹
Posey County, Indiana	25,910	27,061	25,968	26,414	21,740¹	19,214¹	19,818¹
Vanderburgh County, Indiana	179,703	171,922	165,058	167,515	168,772	165,794	160,422
Warrick County, Indiana	59,689	52,383	44,920	41,474	27,972	23,577¹	21,527¹
Henderson County, Kentucky	46,250	44,829	43,044	40,849	36,031	33,519	30,715¹
Webster County, Kentucky	13,621	14,120	13,955	14,832¹	13,282¹	14,244¹	15,555¹

¹ County was not a part of Evansville MSA at the time of this Census and the county's population is not included in MSA total.

See also

• Southwestern Indiana
• Owensboro metropolitan area
• Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky tri-state area

External links

• U.S. Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts
• U.S. Census Bureau population estimates at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2006-12-06)
• Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-03-09)
• About Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas
• Historical Metropolitan Area Definitions at the Wayback Machine (archived 1999-10-09)

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