The Evansville metropolitan area is the 164th largest

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(MSA) in the United States. The primary city is

Evansville, Indiana Evansville is a city in, and the county seat of, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States. The population was 118,414 at the 2020 census, making it the state's third-most populous city after Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, the largest city in ...

, the third largest city in Indiana and the largest city in

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as well as the hub for

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. Other

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cities include Boonville,

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, Oakland City, and

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. Large towns in Indiana include Chandler,

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, and Newburgh. Cities in

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include

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, Dixon, Providence, and Robards and currently covers an area of . It is the primary metropolitan area in the

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History

It was originally designated the Evansville, Indiana, standard metropolitan area and was formed by the

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in 1950, consisting solely of

Vanderburgh County, Indiana Vanderburgh County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 179,703. The county seat is in Evansville. While Vanderburgh County was the seventh-largest county in 2010 population with 179,703 people, it is also th ...

. 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

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and two

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 "

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". The entire region is usually referred to as the Tri-State because of

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bordering

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less than 20 miles west of Evansville and to distinguish it from the Louisville metropolitan area.

Major employers

Healthcare

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, Evansville and Newburgh * St. Vincent Health, Evansville

Industrial

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 * Alcoa
Warrick County *

SABIC Saudi Basic Industries Corporation ( ar, الشركة السعودية للصناعات الأساسية), known as SABIC ( ar, سابك), is a Saudi chemical manufacturing company. 70% of SABIC's shares are owned by Saudi Aramco. It is active in ...

, formerly GE Plastics
Posey County *

CenterPoint Energy CenterPoint Energy, Inc. is an American Fortune 500 electric and natural gas utility serving several markets in the American states of Indiana, Ohio, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, and Texas. It was formerly known as Reliant Energy (from wh ...

, formerly Vectren, Operates three power plants in the area in Posey and Warrick Counties. * Duke Energy Indiana, Operates a

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in Gibson County.

Current populations

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.

References

External links

U.S. Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts
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* {{Kentucky Indiana census statistical areas Southwestern Indiana