# List of Midwestern urban areas

Urbanized areas in the United States are defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as contiguous census block groups with a population density of at least 1,000 per square mile (about 400 per square km). Urban areas are delineated without regard to political boundaries. Urban areas with a population of at least 50,000 serve as the core of a metropolitan statistical area.

## Areas over 100,000

The following is a list of urbanized areas in the American Midwest with a population of at least 100,000. States within the Midwest are Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Areas are ranked based on population as listed in the 2020 U.S. Census.
| Rank | Urbanized Area | Population (2010 census) | Population (2020 census) |
| 1 | Chicago, IL-IN-WI | 8,608,208 | 8,671,746 |
| 2 | Detroit, MI | 3,737,090 | 3,776,890 |
| 3 | Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI | 2,650,890 | 2,914,866 |
| 4 | St. Louis, MO-IL | 2,150,706 | 2,156,323 |
| 5 | Cleveland, OH | 1,780,603 | 1,712,178 |
| 6 | Indianapolis, IN | 1,487,483 | 1,699,881 |
| 7 | Cincinnati, OH-KY | 1,624,827 | 1,686,744 |
| 8 | Kansas City, MO-KS | 1,519,417 | 1,674,218 |
| 9 | Columbus, OH | 1,368,035 | 1,567,254 |
| 10 | Milwaukee, WI | 1,376,476 | 1,306,795 |
| 11 | Omaha, NE-IA | 725,008 | 819,508 |
| 12 | Dayton, OH | 724,091 | 674,046 |
| 13 | Grand Rapids, MI | 569,935 | 605,666 |
| 14 | Des Moines, IA | 450,070 | 542,486 |
| 15 | Akron, OH | 569,499 | 541,879 |
| 16 | Wichita, KS | 472,870 | 500,231 |
| 17 | Toledo, OH-MI | 507,643 | 497,952 |
| 18 | Madison, WI | 401,661 | 450,305 |
| 19 | Fort Wayne, IN | 313,492 | 335,934 |
| 20 | Youngstown, OH | 387,550 | 320,901 |
| 21 | Lansing, MI | 313,532 | 318,300 |
| 22 | Ann Arbor, MI | 306,022 | 317,689 |
| 23 | Flint, MI | 356,218 | 298,964 |
| 24 | Canton, OH | | 295,319 |
| 25 | Lincoln, NE | 258,719 | 291,217 |
| 26 | Davenport, IA | 280,051 | 285,211 |
| 27 | Springfield, MO | 273,724 | 282,651 |
| 28 | South Bend, IN-MI | 278,165 | 278,921 |
| 29 | Rockford, IL | 296,863 | 276,443 |
| 30 | Round Lake Beach, Illinois, IL-WI | 290,373 | 261,835 |
| 31 | Peoria, IL | 266,921 | 259,781 |
| 32 | Appleton, WI | 216,154 | 230,967 |
| 33 | Green Bay, WI | 206,520 | 224,156 |
| 34 | Fargo-Moorhead, ND-MN | 176,676 | 216,214 |
| 35 | Evansville, IN | 229,351 | 206,855 |
| 36 | Kalamazoo, MI | 255,452 | 204,562 |
| 37 | Lorain-Elyria, OH | 180,956 | 199,067 |
| 38 | Sioux Falls, SD | 124,269 | 194,283 |
| 39 | Cedar Rapids, IA | 177,844 | 192,844 |
| 40 | Muskegon, MI | 161,280 | 166,414 |
| 41 | Springfield, IL | 161,316 | 282,651 |
| 42 | Lafayette, IN | 147,725 | 157,100 |
| 43 | Topeka, KS | 150,003 | 148,956 |
| 44 | Elkhart, IN | 143,592 | 148,199 |
| 45 | Champaign-Urbana, IL | 145,361 | 147,452 |
| 46 | South Lyon-Hamburg-Genoa, Michigan, MI | 119,509 | 145,963 |
| 47 | Columbia, MO | 124,748 | 141,831 |
| 48 | Racine, WI | 133,700 | 134,877 |
| 49 | Bloomington, IL | 132,600 | 134,100 |
| 50 | Iowa City, IA | 106,621 | 126,810 |
| 51 | Kenosha, WI-IL | 124,064 | 125,865 |
| 52 | Rochester, MN | 107,677 | 121,587 |
| 53 | Duluth, MN-WI | 124,064 | 119,411 |
| 54 | St. Cloud, MN | 110,621 | 117,638 |
| 55 | Saginaw, MI | 126,265 | 116,058 |
| 56 | Waterloo, IA | 113,418 | 114,139 |
| 57 | Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 106,494 | 113,066 |
| 58 | Bloomington, IN | 108,651 | 110,103 |
| 59 | Holland, MI | 99,941 | 107,034 |
| 60 | Eau Claire, WI | 102,852 | 105,475 |
* ↑ Part of this statistical area is outside the Midwest

## Areas under 100,000

The following are areas which in the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau had a population under 100,000 and over 50,000. Areas are ranked based on population as listed in the 2020 U.S. Census.
| Rank | Area | Population (2000 census) | Population (2020 census) |
| 61 | La Crosse, WI-MN | 100,868 | 98,872 |
| 62 | Bismarck, ND | 81,955 | 98,198 |
| 63 | Lawrence, KS | 88,053 | 94,998 |
| 64 | Middleton, OH | 97,503 | 93,608 |
| 65 | Lee's Summit, MO | 85,081 | 91,960 |
| 66 | Joplin, MO | 82,775 | 86,679 |
| 67 | Decatur, IL | 93,863 | 86,287 |
| 68 | Rapid City, SD | 81,251 | 85,679 |
| 69 | Muncie, IN | 90,580 | 84,382 |
| 70 | Jackson, MI | 90,057 | 84,307 |
| 71 | Springfield, OH | 85,256 | 82,369 |
| 72 | Port Huron, MI | 87,106 | 82,226 |
| 73 | Newark, OH | 76,068 | 81,223 |
| 74 | Terre Haute, IN | 92,742 | 79,862 |
| 75 | Anderson, IN | 88,133 | 79,517 |
| 76 | Alton, IL-MO | 83,890 | 79,260 |
| 77 | Wausau, WI | 74,632 | 77,429 |
| 78 | St. Joseph, MO-KS | 81,176 | 77,187 |
| 79 | Oshkosh, WI | 74,495 | 76,190 |
| 80 | Battle Creek, MI | 78,393 | 75,513 |
| 81 | Sheboygan, WI | 71,313 | 74,369 |
| 82 | Mansfield, OH | 75,250 | 73,545 |
| 83 | Janesville, WI | 69,658 | 72,285 |
| 84 | Michigan City-La Porte, IN-MI | 66,025 | 71,367 |
| 85 | Dubuque, IA-IL | 67,818 | 70,332 |
| 86 | Lima, OH | 72,852 | 68,630 |
| 87 | Bay City, MI | 70,585 | 68,472 |
| 88 | Grand Forks, ND-MN | 61,270 | 68,160 |
| 89 | Kankakee, IL | 81,926 | 66,530 |
| 90 | Ames, IA | 60,438 | 66,342 |
| 91 | Dekalb, IL | 68,545 | 64,736 |
| 92 | Beloit, WI-IL | 63,835 | 63,073 |
| 93 | Kokomo, IN | 62,182 | 62,576 |
| 94 | Benton Harbor-St. Joseph-Fair Plain, MI | 61,022 | 61,888 |
| 95 | Sandusky, OH | 50,693 | 61,743 |
| 96 | Columbus, IN | 54,933 | 60,982 |
| 97 | Manhattan, KS | 54,622 | 60,454 |
| 98 | Mankato, MN | 57,584 | 60,206 |
| 99 | Monroe, MI | 51,240 | 57,260 |
| 100 | Traverse City, MI | | 56,890 |
| 101 | Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 52,900 | 55,546 |
| 104 | Grand Island, NE | 50,440 | 55,099 |
| 105 | Fond du Lac, WI | 54,901 | 54,731 |
| 106 | Midland, MI | 59,014 | 52,340 |
| 107 | Valparaiso-Shorewood Forest, IN | | 51,867 |
| 108 | Minot, ND | | 50,925 |
| 109 | Jefferson City, MO | 58,533 | 50,775 |