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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-Warren-Livonia
|
MI
|
4,392,041
|
| 3
|
Minneapolis–St. Paul–Bloomington
|
MN, WI
|
3,690,261
|
| 4
|
St. Louis
|
MO, IL
|
2,820,253
|
| 5
|
Kansas City
|
MO, KS
|
2,192,035
|
| 6
|
Columbus
|
OH
|
2,138,926
|
| 7
|
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson
|
IN
|
2,111,040
|
| 8
|
Cleveland-Elyria
|
OH
|
2,077,240
|
| 9
|
Cincinnati
|
OH, KY, IN
|
1,844,119 [note 1]
|
| 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
|
