List of Midwestern metropolitan areas explained

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		9,618,502
2	Detroit-Warren-Livonia		4,392,041
3	Minneapolis–St. Paul–Bloomington	MN, WI	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

Notes and References

1. https://www.census.gov/geo/www/us_regdiv.pdf Census Regions and Divisions of the United States. (pdf)
2. Web site: 2020 Population and Housing State Data . United States Census Bureau, Population Division . August 12, 2021 . November 11, 2021.