Bloomington metropolitan area, Indiana

Location of the Bloomington Metropolitan Statistical Area in Indiana

The Bloomington, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area comprising three counties (Monroe, Greene, and Owen) in south-central Indiana. The city of Bloomington in Monroe County is the area's principal municipality and its anchor. At the 2010 United States census, the MSA had a population of 192,714.

Counties

• Greene
• Monroe
• Owen

Communities

Places with more than 50,000 inhabitants

• Bloomington (Principal city)

Places with 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants

• Ellettsville
• Linton

Places with 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants

• Bloomfield
• Jasonville
• Spencer
• Worthington

Places with less than 1,000 inhabitants

• Gosport
• Lyons
• Newberry
• Stinesville
• Switz City

Unincorporated places

Adel Alaska Antioch Arlington Arney Atkinsonville Beehunter Braysville Broadview Bushrod Calvertville Carp Cascade Cataract Chapel Hill Cincinnati Clear Creek Coal City Cuba Cunot Daggett Denmark Devore Doans Dolan

Ellis Elliston Elwren Farmers Fleener Forest Park Heights Freedom Freeman Furnace Garden Acres Gilmour Handy Harrodsburg Hashtown Hendricksville Hindustan Hobbieville Hoosier Hubbell Ilene Island City Johnstown Jordan Kirby Kirksville

Knight Ridge Koleen Lancaster Park Leonard Springs Lewisville Lone Tree Marco Marlin Hills McVille Midland Junction Midland Mineral City Modesto Mount Tabor New Hope New Unionville Newark Owensburg Park Patricksburg Plummer Point Commerce Pottersville Quincy Ridgeport

Rincon Romona Sanders Scotland Silex Smithville (Monroe Co.) Smithville (Owen Co.) Solsberry Southport Stanford Summit Sunny Slopes Tulip Unionville Van Buren Park Vandalia Vicksburg Victor Victoria Vilas Wallace Junction West Brook Downs Whitehall Woodville Hills Yellowstone

Townships

Greene County

Beech Creek Cass Center Fairplay Grant Highland Jackson Jefferson

Richland Smith Stafford Stockton Taylor Washington Wright

Monroe County

Bean Blossom Benton Bloomington Clear Creek Indian Creek Perry

Polk Richland Salt Creek Van Buren Washington

Owen County

Clay Franklin Harrison Jackson Jefferson Jennings Lafayette

Marion Montgomery Morgan Taylor Washington Wayne

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 175,506 people, 68,552 households, and 40,269 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 93.22% White, 2.11% African American, 0.29% Native American, 2.38% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.64% from other races, and 1.34% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.52% of the population.

The median income for a household in the MSA was $34,613, and the median income for a family was $44,621. Males had a median income of $32,794 versus $23,202 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $17,417.

See also

• Indiana census statistical areas