Lafayette, Indiana metropolitan area
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The Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, is an area consisting of three counties in Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

, anchored by the city of Lafayette
Lafayette, Indiana
Lafayette is a city in and the county seat of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, northwest of Indianapolis. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 67,140. West Lafayette, on the other side of the Wabash River, is home to Purdue University, which has a large impact on...

. As of the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

, the MSA had a population of 178,541 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 196,329).

Counties

  • Benton
    Benton County, Indiana
    Benton County is located along in the northwest part of the U.S. state of Indiana, along the border with Illinois. As of 2010, the county's population was 8,854. It contains six incorporated towns as well as several small unincorporated settlements; it is also divided into 11 townships which...

  • Carroll
    Carroll County, Indiana
    Carroll County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 20,155. The county seat is Delphi.Carroll County is part of the Lafayette, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area.- History :...

  • Tippecanoe
    Tippecanoe County, Indiana
    Tippecanoe County is a county located in the northwest quadrant of the U.S. state of Indiana. It was created in 1826 from Wabash County. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area....


Places with 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants

  • Battle Ground
    Battle Ground, Indiana
    Battle Ground is a town in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe County in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 1,334 at the 2010 census. It is near the site of the Battle of Tippecanoe....

  • Dayton
    Dayton, Indiana
    Dayton is a town in Sheffield Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,420 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

  • Delphi
    Delphi, Indiana
    Delphi is a city in and the county seat of Carroll County, Indiana, United States. Located twenty minutes northeast of Lafayette, it is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area...

  • Flora
    Flora, Indiana
    Flora is a town in Monroe Township, Carroll County, Indiana, United States. The population was 2,036 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Flora is located at ....

  • Fowler
    Fowler, Indiana
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  • Otterbein
    Otterbein, Indiana
    Otterbein is a town in Bolivar Township, Benton County and Shelby Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, named for William Otterbein Brown who donated land for the town. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,262...

  • Oxford
    Oxford, Indiana
    Oxford is a town in Oak Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana. The population was 1,162 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

  • Shadeland
    Shadeland, Indiana
    Shadeland is a town in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,610 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...


Places with 500 to 1,000 inhabitants

  • Boswell
    Boswell, Indiana
    Boswell is a town in Grant Township, Benton County, Indiana, United States. The population was 778 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

  • Camden
    Camden, Indiana
    Camden is a town in Jackson Township, Carroll County, Indiana, United States. The population was 611 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

  • Clarks Hill
    Clarks Hill, Indiana
    Clarks Hill is a town in Lauramie Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States. The population was 611 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...


Places with fewer than 500 inhabitants

  • Ambia
    Ambia, Indiana
    Ambia is a town in Hickory Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana, United States. The population was 239 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

  • Burlington
    Burlington, Indiana
    Burlington is a town in Burlington Township, Carroll County, Indiana, United States. The population was 603 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

  • Earl Park
    Earl Park, Indiana
    Earl Park is a town in Richland Township, Benton County, Indiana, United States. The population was 348 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

  • Yeoman
    Yeoman, Indiana
    Yeoman is a town in Jefferson Township, Carroll County, Indiana, United States. The population was 139 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Yeoman is located at ....


Unincorporated places

  • Americus
    Americus, Indiana
    Americus is a small town in Tippecanoe County in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.- Geography :...

  • Bringhurst
    Bringhurst, Indiana
    Bringhurst is an unincorporated town in Monroe Township, Carroll County, Indiana, United States. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

  • Buck Creek
    Buck Creek, Indiana
    Buck Creek, originally known as Transitville, is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.- Geography :...

  • Burrows
    Burrows, Indiana
    Burrows is an unincorporated town in Liberty Township, Carroll County, Indiana, United States. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

  • Chase
    Chase, Indiana
    Chase is an unincorporated town in Grant Township, Benton County, Indiana, United States. Though virtually extinct, Chase still persists on state and county maps and retains a single business in the form of grain elevators operated by Boswell Chase Grain, Inc...

  • Colburn
    Colburn, Indiana
    Colburn is a small town in northeastern Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.- Geography :...

  • Cutler
    Cutler, Indiana
    Cutler is an unincorporated town in Democrat Township, Carroll County, Indiana, United States. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Cutler is located at ....

  • Deer Creek
  • Dunnington
    Dunnington, Indiana
    Dunnington is a small unincorporated town in Parish Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana, United States, now virtually extinct. Named for John Dunn, it stands about one and a half miles west of its smaller sister town, Dunn...

  • Freeland Park
    Freeland Park, Indiana
    Freeland Park is an unincorporated town in Parish Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

  • Lockport
    Lockport, Indiana
    Lockport is an unincorporated town in Adams Township, Carroll County, Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

  • Monroe
    Monroe, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
    Monroe is a small town in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.- Geography :Monroe is located at 40°17'14" North, 86°44'07" West in Lauramie Township and has an elevation of approximately 785 feet.-External links:...

  • Montmorenci
    Montmorenci, Indiana
    Montmorenci is a unincorporated community in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. Older maps sometimes spell the name Montmorency or Montmorencie. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.- Geography :...

  • Ockley
    Ockley, Indiana
    Ockley is an unincorporated town in Madison Township, Carroll County, Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area....

  • Odell
    Odell, Indiana
    Odell is a small town in Jackson Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:John W. Odell settled the site in 1831, with ownership of the farm later passing to his son Washington...

  • Owasco
    Owasco, Indiana
    Owasco is an unincorporated town in Clay Township, Carroll County, Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area....

  • Pittsburg
    Pittsburg, Indiana
    Pittsburg is an unincorporated town in Tippecanoe Township, Carroll County, Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

  • Radnor
    Radnor, Indiana
    Radnor is an unincorporated town in Madison Township, Carroll County, Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area....

  • Raub
    Raub, Indiana
    Raub is an unincorporated town in York Township, Benton County, Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

  • Rockfield
    Rockfield, Indiana
    Rockfield is an unincorporated town in Rock Creek Township, Carroll County, Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

  • Romney
    Romney, Indiana
    Romney is an unincorporated community in Tippecanoe County in the U.S. state of Indiana. Originally named Columbia, Romney received its present name from the community of Romney in West Virginia....

  • Sharon
  • Sleeth
  • Stockwell
    Stockwell, Indiana
    Stockwell, originally named Lauramie, is a small town in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was once a stop along the Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Lafayette Railroad, but the rail line has since been removed...

  • Swanington
    Swanington, Indiana
    Swanington is an unincorporated town in Center Township, Benton County, Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

  • Talbot
    Talbot, Indiana
    Talbot is an unincorporated town in Hickory Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

  • Templeton
    Templeton, Indiana
    Templeton is an unincorporated town in Bolivar Township, Benton County, Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

  • Wadena
    Wadena, Indiana
    Wadena is an unincorporated town in Union Township, Benton County, Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

  • West Point
    West Point, Indiana
    West Point is a small town in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. It had a population of 594 at the 2010 census.- Geography :...

  • Wheeling
    Wheeling, Carroll County, Indiana
    Wheeling is an unincorporated town in Carrollton Township, Carroll County, Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area....


  • Benton County

    • Bolivar
      Bolivar Township, Benton County, Indiana
      Bolivar Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,310. Bolivar Township was organized in March 1860 and named for South American liberator Simón Bolivar.-Adjacent townships:* Center...

    • Center
      Center Township, Benton County, Indiana
      Center Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,854. It was organized in June 1875 and was originally known as Prairie Township.-Geography:...

    • Gilboa
      Gilboa Township, Benton County, Indiana
      Gilboa Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 241. It is named for Mount Gilboa, a prominence in the southern part of the township.-Adjacent townships:* Center * Pine...

    • Grant
      Grant Township, Benton County, Indiana
      Grant Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,142. It was organized in December 1868 and was named for Ulysses Grant.-Geography:...

  • Hickory Grove
    Hickory Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana
    Hickory Grove Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 404. It was organized in March 1876 and named for a grove that grew within its borders in the 19th century.-Unincorporated towns:* Dunn...

  • Oak Grove
    Oak Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana
    Oak Grove Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,694. It was one of the first three townships originally created by the county's commissioners in 1840...

  • Parish Grove
    Parish Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana
    Parish Grove Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 267. It contains the unincorporated town of Freeland Park.-History:...

  • Pine
    Pine Township, Benton County, Indiana
    Pine Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 281. Pine Township was one of the original three created by county commissioners in July 1840, and is named for Big Pine Creek which flows south through the township.-Adjacent townships:*...

  • Richland
    Richland Township, Benton County, Indiana
    Richland Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 709. Its name is a "reference to the rich land within its borders."-Geography:...

  • Union
    Union Township, Benton County, Indiana
    Union Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 278. The township was organized in June 1864 and named by John W...

  • York
    York Township, Benton County, Indiana
    York Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 241. It was organized in June 1860 and named for the state of New York, the former home of local pioneer John Fleming.-Unincorporated towns:* Raub...


  • Carroll County

    • Adams
      Adams Township, Carroll County, Indiana
      Adams Township is one of fourteen townships in Carroll County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 464.-Geography:Adams Township covers an area of ; of this is water.-Adjacent townships:...

    • Burlington
      Burlington Township, Carroll County, Indiana
      Burlington Township is one of fourteen townships in Carroll County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,561.-Adjacent townships:* Carrollton Township * Ervin Township, Howard County * Monroe Township, Howard County...

    • Carrollton
      Carrollton Township, Carroll County, Indiana
      Carrollton Township is one of fourteen townships in Carroll County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 603.-Geography:Carrollton Township covers an area of ; of this is water.-Adjacent townships:* Washington Township...

    • Clay
      Clay Township, Carroll County, Indiana
      Clay Township is one of fourteen townships in Carroll County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,079. Clay Township is part of the Rossville, Indiana school district.-Geography:...

    • Deer Creek
      Deer Creek Township, Carroll County, Indiana
      Deer Creek Township is one of fourteen townships in Carroll County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 4,768.-Geography:Deer Creek Township covers an area of ; of this is water.-Adjacent townships:* Adams...

    • Democrat
      Democrat Township, Carroll County, Indiana
      Democrat Township is one of fourteen townships in Carroll County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 881.-Unincorporated towns:* Adams Mill* Cutler* Lexington* Prince William* Ray-Adjacent townships:* Monroe * Burlington...

    • Jackson
      Jackson Township, Carroll County, Indiana
      Jackson Township is one of fourteen townships in Carroll County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,262. It's uncertain how or for whom the township was named, but Adam Porter, one of the township's earliest settlers who arrived in the late 1820s, is described as hailing from...

  • Jefferson
    Jefferson Township, Carroll County, Indiana
    Jefferson Township is one of fourteen townships in Carroll County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,269.-Geography:Jefferson Township covers an area of ; of this is water.-Unincorporated towns:* Breezy Point...

  • Liberty
    Liberty Township, Carroll County, Indiana
    Liberty Township is one of fourteen townships in Carroll County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 444.-Geography:Liberty Township covers an area of ; of this is water.-Adjacent townships:...

  • Madison
    Madison Township, Carroll County, Indiana
    Madison Township is one of fourteen townships in Carroll County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 442.-Adjacent townships:* Deer Creek * Democrat * Monroe * Clay * Washington Township, Tippecanoe County...

  • Monroe
    Monroe Township, Carroll County, Indiana
    Monroe Township is one of fourteen townships in Carroll County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 3,020.-Geography:Monroe Township covers an area of ; of this is water.-Adjacent townships:* Jackson...

  • Rock Creek
    Rock Creek Township, Carroll County, Indiana
    Rock Creek Township is one of fourteen townships in Carroll County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 442.-Geography:Rock Creek Township covers an area of ; of this is water.-Adjacent townships:* Liberty...

  • Tippecanoe
    Tippecanoe Township, Carroll County, Indiana
    Tippecanoe Township is one of fourteen townships in Carroll County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,283.-Geography:Tippecanoe Township covers an area of ; of this is water.-Adjacent townships:* Jefferson...

  • Washington
    Washington Township, Carroll County, Indiana
    Washington Township is one of fourteen townships in Carroll County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 647.-Geography:Washington Township covers an area of ; of this is water.-Adjacent townships:...


  • Tippecanoe County

    • Fairfield
      Fairfield Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
      Fairfield Township is one of thirteen townships in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 49,970.-Geography:...

    • Jackson
      Jackson Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
      Jackson Township is one of thirteen townships in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 517.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, Jackson Township covers an area of .-Adjacent townships:...

    • Lauramie
      Lauramie Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
      Lauramie Township is one of thirteen townships in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,410.-Geography:...

    • Perry
      Perry Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
      Perry Township is one of thirteen townships in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 5,322.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, Perry Township covers an area of ; of this, or 0.43 percent is water....

    • Randolph
      Randolph Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
      Randolph Township is one of thirteen townships in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 867.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, Randolph Township covers an area of .-Unincorporated towns:* Corwin...

    • Sheffield
      Sheffield Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
      Sheffield Township is one of thirteen townships in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 3,016.-Geography:...

    • Shelby
      Shelby Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
      Shelby Township is one of thirteen townships in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,078.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, Shelby Township covers an area of ; of this, or 0.95 percent is water....

  • Tippecanoe
    Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
    Tippecanoe Township is one of thirteen townships in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 5,951.-Geography:...

  • Union
    Union Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
    Union Township is one of thirteen townships in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,682.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, Union Township covers an area of ; of this, or 0.85 percent is water...

  • Wabash
    Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
    Wabash Township is one of thirteen townships in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 51,261.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, Wabash Township covers an area of ; of this, or 0.93 percent is water....

  • Washington
    Washington Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
    Washington Township is one of thirteen townships in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,473.-Geography:...

  • Wayne
    Wayne Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
    Wayne Township is one of thirteen townships in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,306.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, Wayne Township covers an area of ; of this, or 1.02 percent is water....

  • Wea
    Wea Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
    Wea Township is one of thirteen townships in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 22,102.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, Wea Township covers an area of ; of this, or 0.04 percent is water....


  • Demographics

    As of the census
    Census
    A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

    of 2000, there were 178,541 people, 66,502 households, and 40,652 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 90.27% White, 2.14% African American, 0.26% Native American, 3.74% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 2.29% from other races
    Race (United States Census)
    Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...

    , and 1.28% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.86% of the population.

    The median income for a household in the MSA was $40,381, and the median income for a family was $49,625. Males had a median income of $34,515 versus $22,899 for females. The per capita income
    Per capita income
    Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...

     for the MSA was $18,677.

    Combined Statistical Area

    The Lafayette–Frankfort
    Frankfort, Indiana
    As of the census of 2000, there were 16,662 people, 6,279 households, and 4,175 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,240.5 people per square mile . There were 6,682 housing units at an average density of 1,299.6 per square mile...

     Combined Statistical Area (CSA)
    is made up of four counties in Indiana. The statistical area includes one metropolitan area
    United States metropolitan area
    In the United States a metropolitan statistical area is a geographical region with a relatively high population density at its core and close economic ties throughout the area. Such regions are not legally incorporated as a city or town would be, nor are they legal administrative divisions like...

     and one micropolitan area
    United States micropolitan area
    United States Micropolitan Statistical Areas , as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget, are urban areas in the United States based around a core city or town with a population of 10,000 to 49,999. The micropolitan area designation was created in 2003...

    . As of the 2000 Census, the CSA had a population of 212,407 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 230,696).

    Components

    • Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs)
      • Lafayette (Benton, Carroll, and Tippecanoe counties)

    • Micropolitan Statistical Areas (μSA)
      • Frankfort (Clinton County
        Clinton County, Indiana
        As of the census of 2000, there were 33,866 people, 12,545 households, and 9,057 families residing in the county. The population density was 84 people per square mile . There were 13,267 housing units at an average density of 33 per square mile...

        )
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