This is a list of the largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the American Midwest. These states are Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.[1] Part of the Great Lakes Megalopolis.
| Rank |
City |
State(s) |
Population 2020 Census[2] |
| 1 |
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet |
IL
| 9,618,502 |
| 2 |
Detroit |
MI
| 4,392,041 |
| 3 |
Minneapolis–St. Paul |
MN |
3,690,261 |
| 4 |
St. Louis |
MO, IL |
2,820,253 |
| 5 |
Cincinnati |
OH, KY, IN |
2,256,884 |
| 6 |
Kansas City |
MO, KS |
2,192,035 |
| 7 |
Columbus |
OH |
2,138,926 |
| 8 |
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson |
IN |
2,111,040 |
| 9 |
Cleveland-Elyria |
OH |
2,077,240 |
| 10 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha |
WI |
1,574,731 |
| 11 |
Grand Rapids-Kentwood |
MI |
1,087,592 |
| 12 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs |
NE, IA |
967,604 |
| 13 |
Dayton |
OH |
814,049 |
| 14 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines |
IA |
709,466 |
| 15 |
Akron |
OH |
702,219 |
| 16 |
Madison |
WI |
680,796 |
| 17 |
Wichita |
KS |
647,610 |
| 18 |
Toledo |
OH |
646,604 |
| 19 |
Lansing-East Lansing |
MI |
541,297 |
| 20 |
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman |
OH |
541,243 |
| 21 |
Springfield |
MO |
475,432 |
| 22 |
Fort Wayne |
IN |
419,601 |
| 23 |
Flint |
MI |
406,211 |
| 24 |
Peoria |
IL |
402,391 |
| 25 |
Canton-Massillion |
OH |
401,574 |
| 26 |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island |
IA, IL |
384,324 |
| 27 |
Ann Arbor |
MI |
372,258 |
| 28 |
Lincoln |
NE |
340,217 |
| 29 |
Rockford |
IL |
338,798 |
| 30 |
Green Bay |
WI |
328,268 |
| 31 |
South Bend-Mishawaka |
IN, MI |
324,501 |
| 32 |
Evansville |
IN |
314,049 |
| 33 |
Duluth |
MN, WI |
291,638 |
| 34 |
Sioux Falls |
SD |
276,730 |
| 35 |
Cedar Rapids |
IA |
276,520 |
| 36 |
Kalamazoo-Portage |
MI |
261,670 |
| 37 |
Fargo |
ND, MN |
249,843 |
| 38 |
Appleton |
WI |
243,147 |
| 39 |
Topeka |
KS |
233,152 |
| 40 |
Rochester |
MN |
226,329 |
| 41 |
Lafayette-West Lafayette |
IN |
223,716 |
| 42 |
Champaign-Urbana |
IL |
222,538 |
| 43 |
Columbia |
MO |
210,864 |
| 44 |
Springfield |
IL |
208,640 |
| 45 |
Elkhart-Goshen |
IN |
207,047 |
| 46 |
St. Cloud |
MN |
199,671 |
| 47 |
Racine |
WI |
197,727 |
| 48 |
Saginaw |
MI |
190,124 |
| 49 |
Terre Haute |
IN |
185,031 |
| 50 |
Joplin |
MO |
181,409 |