Population of the Midwest (Region)
Map of Population by State in the Midwest
Map of Population by County in the Midwest
Population by Place in the Midwest
There are 9,721 places in the Midwest. This section compares the 50 most populous of those to each other. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 95,520.Population by Metro Area in the Midwest
There are 293 metro areas that are fully or partially contained within the Midwest (283 fully and 10 partially). This section compares the 50 most populous of those to each other. The least populous of the compared metro areas has a population of 193,118.Population by State in the Midwest
There are 12 states in the Midwest. This section compares all 12 of those to each other.Population by County in the Midwest
There are 1,055 counties in the Midwest. This section compares the 50 most populous of those to each other. The least populous of the compared counties has a population of 256,621.Population by Region in the United States
There are 5 regions in the United States. This section compares the Midwest to all of the regions in the United States.Definitions
This page reports on the population distribution in the Midwest, both in terms of raw head counts, and in terms of population density per square mile.
- Population: count of all residents of the given entity at the time of the survey, excluding visitors
- Population Density: population divided by the total land area of the entity (i.e., excluding water areas contained in the entity)
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Major Metro Areas:
Adrian Area, Akron Area, Ann Arbor Area, Appleton Area, Ashtabula Area, Battle Creek Area, Bay City Area, Bismarck Area, Bloomington Area, Bloomington Area, Canton Area, Cape Girardeau Area, Carbondale Area, Cedar Rapids Area, Champaign Area, Chicago Area, Cincinnati Area, Cleveland Area, Columbia Area, Columbus Area, Davenport Area, Dayton Area, Decatur Area, Des Moines Area, Detroit Area, Dubuque Area, Duluth Area, Eau Claire Area, Elkhart Area, Evansville Area, Fargo Area, Fayetteville Area, Flint Area, Fond du Lac Area, Fort Wayne Area, Grand Forks Area, Grand Rapids Area, Green Bay Area, Holland Area, Huntington Area, Indianapolis Area, Iowa City Area, Jackson Area, Janesville Area, Jefferson City Area, Joplin Area, Kalamazoo Area, Kankakee Area, Kansas City Area, La Crosse Area, Lafayette Area, Lansing Area, Lawrence Area, Lima Area, Lincoln Area, Louisville Area, Madison Area, Manhattan Area, Mankato Area, Mansfield Area, Michigan City Area, Milwaukee Area, Minneapolis Area, Monroe Area, Muncie Area, Muskegon Area, Niles Area, Omaha Area, Oshkosh Area, Ottawa Area, Paducah Area, Peoria Area, Racine Area, Rapid City Area, Rochester Area, Rockford Area, Saginaw Area, Salem Area, Sheboygan Area, Sioux City Area, Sioux Falls Area, South Bend Area, Springfield Area, Springfield Area, Springfield Area, St. Cloud Area, St. Joseph Area, St. Louis Area, Terre Haute Area, Toledo Area, Topeka Area, Traverse City Area, Waterloo Area, Wausau Area, Weirton Area, Wheeling Area, Whitewater Area, Wichita Area, Wooster Area, Youngstown Area
Major Counties:
Allen, Anoka, Brown, Butler, Cook, Cuyahoga, Dakota, Dane, Douglas, DuPage, Franklin, Genesee, Greene, Hamilton, Hamilton, Hennepin, Ingham, Jackson, Johnson, Kalamazoo, Kane, Kent, Lake, Lake, Lancaster, Lorain, Lucas, Macomb, Madison, Marion, McHenry, Milwaukee, Montgomery, Oakland, Ottawa, Polk, Ramsey, Sedgwick, St. Charles, St. Clair, St. Joseph, St. Louis, Stark, Summit, Washtenaw, Waukesha, Wayne, Will, Winnebago
Major Cities:
Akron, Ann Arbor, Aurora, Cedar Rapids, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbia, Columbus, Davenport, Dayton, Dearborn, Des Moines, Detroit, Elgin, Evansville, Fargo, Flint, Fort Wayne, Grand Rapids, Green Bay, Independence, Joliet, Kansas City, Kansas City, Kenosha, Lansing, Lincoln, Madison, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Naperville, Olathe, Omaha, Overland Park, Peoria, Rochester, Rockford, Sioux Falls, South Bend, Springfield, Springfield, St. Louis, St. Paul, Sterling Heights, Toledo, Topeka, Warren, Wichita