Lafayette metropolitan area, Indiana

The Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of three counties in Indiana, anchored by the cities of Lafayette and West Lafayette. As of the July 1, 2021, the MSA had an estimated population of 224,709.^[1] Metro area population in 2021 is 237,130 and was 235,066 in 2020, a growth of 16% over 2010.^[2] In 2010, the Lafayette, Indiana, metro area population was 210,297.^[3]

Greater Lafayette–West Lafayette
Metropolitan Area
Lafayette–West Lafayette, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
Downtown Lafayette and the Riehle Plaza and CityBus depot
Lafayette–West Lafayette–Frankfort, IN CSA   City of Lafayette   City of West Lafayette   Lafayette–West Lafayette MSA   Frankfort µSA   Monticello µSA
Country	United States
State	Indiana
Largest city	Lafayette
Other cities	- West Lafayette  - Frankfort  - Monticello
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Counties

• Benton
• Carroll
• Tippecanoe
• Warren

Communities

Places with more than 50,000 inhabitants

• Lafayette (Principal city)

Places with 25,000 to 50,000 inhabitants

• West Lafayette (Principal city)

Places with 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants

• Battle Ground
• Dayton
• Delphi
• Flora
• Fowler
• Otterbein
• Oxford
• Shadeland

Places with 500 to 1,000 inhabitants

• Boswell
• Camden
• Clarks Hill

Places with fewer than 500 inhabitants

• Ambia
• Burlington
• Earl Park
• Yeoman

Unincorporated places

Americus Bringhurst Buck Creek Burrows Chase Colburn Cutler Deer Creek Dunnington Freeland Park Heath

Lockport Monitor Monroe Montmorenci Ockley Odell Owasco Pittsburg Pyrmont Radnor Raub

Rockfield Romney Sharon Stockwell Swanington Talbot Templeton Wadena West Point Wheeling

Townships

Benton County

Bolivar Center Gilboa Grant

Hickory Grove Oak Grove Parish Grove Pine

Richland Union York

Carroll County

Adams Burlington Carrollton Clay Deer Creek Democrat Jackson

Jefferson Liberty Madison Monroe Rock Creek Tippecanoe Washington

Tippecanoe County

Fairfield Jackson Lauramie Perry Randolph Sheffield Shelby

Tippecanoe Union Wabash Washington Wayne Wea

Demographics

As of the census^[4] of 2000, there were 178,541 people, 66,502 households, and 40,652 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 90.27% White, 2.14% African American, 0.26% Native American, 3.74% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 2.29% from other races, and 1.28% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.86% of the population.

The median income for a household in the MSA was $40,381, and the median income for a family was $49,625. Males had a median income of $34,515 versus $22,899 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $18,677.

Combined Statistical Area

The Lafayette–West Lafayette–Frankfort Combined Statistical Area (CSA) is made up of six counties in Indiana. The statistical area includes one metropolitan area and two micropolitan areas. As of the 2020 Census, the CSA had a population of 256,906 (though a July 1, 2021 estimate placed the population at 257,774).^[5]

Components

• Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs)
  • Lafayette–West Lafayette (Benton, Carroll, and Tippecanoe counties)
• Micropolitan Statistical Areas (μSA)
  • Frankfort (Clinton County)
  • Monticello (White County)

See also

• Indiana census statistical areas

References

1. "Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2021".
2. "Lafayette, Indiana Population 2021". World Population Review. 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
3. "Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas Population Totals and Components of Change: 2010-2019". Oct 8, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
4. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
5. "Combined Statistical Area; and for Puerto Rico (CSA-EST2021-POP)" (xlsx). 2021 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. 2022-03-01. Retrieved 2022-03-29.