The Evansville metropolitan area is the
164th largest metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the United States. The primary city is
Evansville, Indiana, the third largest city in Indiana and the largest city in
Southern Indiana as well as the hub for
Southwestern Indiana. Other
Indiana cities include
Boonville,
Mount Vernon,
Oakland City, and
Princeton. Large towns in Indiana include
Chandler
Chandler or The Chandler may refer to:
* Chandler (occupation), originally head of the medieval household office responsible for candles, now a person who makes or sells candles
* Ship chandler, a dealer in supplies or equipment for ships
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Fort Branch
Fort Branch was a fort built by the Confederate Army especially to defend against attacks from the Union Army along the Roanoke River in North Carolina.
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, and
Newburgh. Cities in
Kentucky include
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People
*Henderson (surname), description of the surname, and a list of people with the surname
*Clan Henderson, a Scottish clan
Places Argentina
*Henderson, Buenos Aires
Australia
*Henderson, Western Australia
Canada
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Dixon Dixon may refer to:
Places International
* Dixon Entrance, part of the Inside Passage between Alaska and British Columbia
Canada
* Dixon, Ontario
United States
* Dixon, California
* Dixon, Illinois
* Dixon, Greene County, Indiana
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Providence
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* Providentia, the divine personification of foresight in ancient Roman religion
* Divine providence, divinely ordained events and outcomes in Christianity
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Robards and currently covers an area of . 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
Posey may refer to:
Places
* Posey, California
* Posey, Illinois
* Posey, Texas
* Posey, West Virginia
* Posey County, Indiana
* Posey Township, Indiana (disambiguation)
People
* Posey (Paiute) (1860s–1923), Paiute chief
* Posey (surname)
* Po ...
less than 20 miles west of Evansville and to distinguish it from the
Louisville metropolitan area
The Louisville metropolitan area is the 43rd largest metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the United States. It had a population of 1,395,855 in 2020 according to the latest official census, and its principal city is Louisville, Kentucky.
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.
Major employers
Healthcare
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Deaconess Health System, Evansville and Newburgh
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St. Vincent Health
A member of Ascension Health, the USA’s largest not-for-profit and Catholic Healthcare System, St. Vincent Health contains 18 health ministries serving 45 counties in Indiana.
Facilities
Reducing disparities
In 2001, St. Vincent Health impl ...
, Evansville
Industrial
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Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana (TMMI) is an automobile manufacturing factory located in Gibson County, Indiana, nearly halfway between Princeton and Fort Branch, and mostly in Union Township. It is a subsidiary of Toyota Motor North America ...
Gibson County
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Alcoa
Alcoa Corporation (an acronym for Aluminum Company of America) is a Pittsburgh-based industrial corporation. It is the world's eighth-largest producer of aluminum. Alcoa conducts operations in 10 countries. Alcoa is a major producer of primary ...
Warrick County
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SABIC, formerly GE Plastics
Posey County
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CenterPoint Energy, formerly Vectren,
Operates three power plants in the area in Posey and Warrick Counties.
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Duke Energy Indiana
Duke Energy Corporation is an American electric power and natural gas holding company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Overview
Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, Duke Energy owns 58,200 megawatts of base-load and peak generation in ...
, Operates a
power plant in Gibson County.
Current populations
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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
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Southwestern Indiana
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Owensboro metropolitan area
The Owensboro Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of three counties in Kentucky, anchored by the city of Owensboro. As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 109,875. In the ...
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Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky tri-state area
References
External links
U.S. Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts
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Indiana census statistical areas
Southwestern Indiana