The Waterloo–Cedar Falls 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 Iowa

Iowa

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, anchored by the cities of Waterloo

Waterloo, Iowa

Waterloo is a city in and the county seat of Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census the population decreased by 0.5% to 68,406. Waterloo is part of the Waterloo – Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is the more populous of the two...

 and Cedar Falls

Cedar Falls, Iowa

Cedar Falls is a city in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States, and it is home to one of Iowa's three public universities, the University of Northern Iowa. The population was 39,260 in the 2010 census, an increase from the 36,145 population in the 2000 census...

. 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 163,706 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 164,913).

Counties

• Black Hawk
  Black Hawk County, Iowa
  -2010 census:The 2010 census recorded a population of 131,090 in the county, with a population density of . There were 55,887 housing units, of which 52,470 were occupied.-2000 census:...
  
  
• Bremer
• Grundy
  Grundy County, Iowa
  -2010 census:The 2010 census recorded a population of 12,453 in the county, with a population density of . There were 5,530 housing units, of which 5,131 were occupied.-2000 census:...
  
  

Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants

• Conrad
  Conrad, Iowa
  Conrad is a city in Grundy County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,055 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Waterloo–Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Denver
  Denver, Iowa
  Denver is a city in Bremer County in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 1,627 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Waterloo–Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  
  
• Elk Run Heights
  Elk Run Heights, Iowa
  Elk Run Heights is a city in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,052 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Waterloo–Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Elk Run Heights is located at ....
  
  
• Evansdale
  Evansdale, Iowa
  Evansdale is a city in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. The population was 4,751 in the 2010 census, an increase from 4,526 in the 2000 census. It is part of the Waterloo–Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
  
  
• Grundy Center
  Grundy Center, Iowa
  Grundy Center is a city in Grundy County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,706 at the 2010 census a 4.2% increase from 2,596 at the 2000 census. The United States Census Bureau estimated the population was 2,524 in 2009...
  
  
• Hudson
  Hudson, Iowa
  Hudson is a city in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,117 at the 2000 census. Hudson has grown in recent years as a suburb of Waterloo and Cedar Falls. It is part of the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  
  
• Jesup
  Jesup, Iowa
  Jesup is a city in Black Hawk and Buchanan Counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 2,212 at the 2000 census.The Black Hawk County portion of Jesup is part of the Waterloo–Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
  
   (partial)
• La Porte City
  La Porte City, Iowa
  La Porte City is a city in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,275 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Waterloo–Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:La Porte City is located at ....
  
  
• Reinbeck
  Reinbeck, Iowa
  Reinbeck is a city in Grundy County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,664 at the 2010 census a five percent decrease from the population of 1,751 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Waterloo–Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  
  
• Sumner
  Sumner, Iowa
  Sumner is a city in Bremer County, Iowa, United States. The city is located along the county's eastern border, between Bremer and Fayette counties. The population was 2,106 at the 2000 census. The Bremer County portion of Sumner is part of the Waterloo–Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   (partial)
• Tripoli
  Tripoli, Iowa
  Tripoli is a city in Bremer County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1310 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Waterloo–Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Tripoli is located at ....
  
  
• Waverly
  Waverly, Iowa
  Waverly is a city in Bremer County, Iowa, United States. The population was 9,874 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Bremer County and is part of the Waterloo–Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  
  

Places with 500 to 1,000 inhabitants

• Dike
  Dike, Iowa
  Dike is a city in Grundy County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,209 at the 2010 census an increase of 28% increase from 944 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Waterloo–Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. Dike was named for railroad construction engineer Chester Thomas...
  
  
• Dunkerton
  Dunkerton, Iowa
  Dunkerton is a city in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. The population was 749 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Waterloo–Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
  
  
• Gilbertville
  Gilbertville, Iowa
  Gilbertville is a city in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. The population was 767 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Waterloo–Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Gilbertville is located at ....
  
  
• Janesville
  Janesville, Iowa
  Janesville is a city in Black Hawk and Bremer counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 829 at the 2000 census. Janesville's population increased to 930 at the 2010 United States Census, an increase of 12.2%. It is part of the Waterloo–Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical...
  
  
• Raymond
  Raymond, Iowa
  Raymond is a city in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. The population was 537 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Waterloo–Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Raymond is located at ....
  
  
• Readlyn
  Readlyn, Iowa
  Readlyn is a city in Bremer County, Iowa, United States. The population was 786 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Waterloo–Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Readlyn is located at ....
  
  
• Wellsburg
  Wellsburg, Iowa
  Wellsburg is a city in Grundy County, Iowa, United States. The population was 707 at the 2010 census a 1.3% decrease from 716 at the 2000 census...
  
  

Places with less than 500 inhabitants

• Beaman
  Beaman, Iowa
  Beaman is a city in Grundy County, Iowa, United States. The population was 210 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Waterloo–Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Beaman is located at ....
  
  
• Frederika
  Frederika, Iowa
  Frederika is a city in Bremer County, Iowa, United States. The population was 199 at the 2000 census. It is named for Frederika Bremer, the Swedish poet, for whom the surrounding county was also named....
  
  
• Holland
  Holland, Iowa
  Holland is a city in Grundy County, Iowa, United States. The population was 250 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Waterloo–Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Holland is located at ....
  
  
• Morrison
  Morrison, Iowa
  Morrison is a city in Grundy County, Iowa, United States. The population was 97 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Waterloo–Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Morrison is located at ....
  
  
• Plainfield
  Plainfield, Iowa
  Plainfield is a city in Bremer County, Iowa, United States. The population was 436 at the 2010 census a decrease of 2, or 0.5%, from 438 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Stout
  Stout, Iowa
  Stout is a city in Grundy County, Iowa, United States. The population was 224 in the 2010 census, an increase from the 217 population in the 2000 census...
  
  

Unincorporated places

• Bremer
• Deanville
• Dewar
  Dewar, Iowa
  Dewar is an unincorporated community in eastern Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. It lies along local roads northeast of the city of Waterloo, the county seat of Black Hawk County. Its elevation is 889 feet . Although Dewar is unincorporated, it has a post office with the ZIP code of...
  
  
• Eagle Center
• Finchford
• Glasgow
• Siegel
  Siegel, Iowa
  Siegel is a ghost town in Douglas Township in Bremer County, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1889, the community ceased to exist in the 1940s. Today all this left of the settlement is St. John's United Church of Christ of Siegel.-Geography:...
  
  
• Spring Lake
• Voorhies
• Washburn
  Washburn, iowa
  Washburn is an unincorporated town in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. Washburn lies south of Waterloo on Highway 218. Other towns near Washburn are Gilbertville and Laporte City. The community is part of the Waterloo–Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.The 2010 census recorded...
  
  

Townships

• Barclay (Black Hawk County)
  Barclay Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa
  Barclay Township is one of seventeen rural townships in Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 542.-Geography:...
  
  
• Beaver (Grundy County)
• Bennington (Black Hawk County)
  Bennington Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa
  Bennington Township is one of seventeen rural townships in Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 500.-Geography:Bennington Township covers an area of and contains no incorporated settlements...
  
  
• Big Creek (Black Hawk County)
  Big Creek Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa
  Big Creek Township is one of seventeen rural townships in Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2640.-Geography:...
  
  
• Black Hawk (Black Hawk County)
  Black Hawk Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa
  Black Hawk Township is one of seventeen rural townships in Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2494.-Geography:...
  
  
• Black Hawk (Grundy County)
• Cedar Falls (Black Hawk County)
  Cedar Falls Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa
  Cedar Falls Township is one of seventeen rural townships in Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 325.-Geography:Cedar Falls Township covers an area of and contains no incorporated settlements.-External links:* *...
  
  
• Cedar (Black Hawk County)
  Cedar Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa
  Cedar Township is one of seventeen rural townships in Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1761.-Geography:...
  
  
• City of Sumner (Bremer County)
• City of Waterloo (Black Hawk County)
• City of Waverly (Bremer County)
• Clay (Grundy County)
• Colfax (Grundy County)
• Dayton (Bremer County)
  Dayton Township, Bremer County, Iowa
  Dayton Township is one of fourteen townships in Bremer County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 428.-Geography:Dayton Township covers an area of and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the USGS, it contains two cemeteries: Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran and...
  
  
• Douglas (Bremer County)
  Douglas Township, Bremer County, Iowa
  Douglas Township is one of fourteen townships in Bremer County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 405.-Geography:Douglas Township covers an area of and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the USGS, it contains four cemeteries: Alcock, Saint Johns Lutheran, St...
  
  
• Eagle (Black Hawk County)
  Eagle Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa
  Eagle Township is one of seventeen rural townships in Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 511.-Geography:...
  
  
• East Waterloo (Black Hawk County)
  East Waterloo Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa
  East Waterloo Township is one of seventeen rural townships in Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 5936.-Geography:...
  
  
• Fairfield (Grundy County)
• Felix (Grundy County)
• Fox (Black Hawk County)
  Fox Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa
  Fox Township is one of seventeen rural townships in Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 520.-Geography:Fox Township covers an area of and contains no incorporated settlements.-External links:* *...
  
  
• Franklin (Bremer County)
  Franklin Township, Bremer County, Iowa
  Franklin Township is one of fourteen townships in Bremer County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 431.-Geography:Franklin Township covers an area of and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the USGS, it contains two cemeteries: Grove Hill and Saint...
  
  
• Frederika (Bremer County)
  Frederika Township, Bremer County, Iowa
  Frederika Township is one of fourteen townships in Bremer County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 393.-Geography:Frederika Township covers an area of and contains one incorporated settlement, Frederika. According to the USGS, it contains two cemeteries: Faith and Walling...
  
  
• Fremont (Bremer County)
  Fremont Township, Bremer County, Iowa
  Fremont Township is one of fourteen townships in Bremer County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,788.-Geography:Fremont Township covers an area of and contains one incorporated settlement, Tripoli. According to the USGS, it contains three cemeteries: Fremont, Grace and...
  
  
• German (Grundy County)

• Grant (Grundy County)
• Jackson (Bremer County)
  Jackson Township, Bremer County, Iowa
  Jackson Township is one of fourteen townships in Bremer County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,315.-Geography:Jackson Township covers an area of and contains one incorporated settlement, Janesville. According to the USGS, it contains three cemeteries: Oakland, Pilot Mound...
  
  
• Jefferson (Bremer County)
  Jefferson Township, Bremer County, Iowa
  Jefferson Township is one of fourteen townships in Bremer County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,878.-Geography:Jefferson Township covers an area of and contains one incorporated settlement, Denver. According to the United States Geological Survey, it contains two...
  
  
• Lafayette (Bremer County)
  Lafayette Township, Bremer County, Iowa
  Lafayette Township is one of fourteen townships in Bremer County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 582.-Geography:Lafayette Township covers an area of and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the USGS, it contains two cemeteries: Andrews and Spring...
  
  
• Le Roy (Bremer County)
  Le Roy Township, Bremer County, Iowa
  Le Roy Township is one of fourteen townships in Bremer County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 210.-Geography:Le Roy Township covers an area of and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the USGS, it contains five cemeteries: Frederika Township, Le Roy Township,...
  
  
• Lester (Black Hawk County)
  Lester Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa
  Lester Township is one of seventeen rural townships in Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1504.-Geography:...
  
  
• Lincoln (Black Hawk County)
  Lincoln Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa
  Lincoln Township is one of seventeen rural townships in Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 403.-Geography:...
  
  
• Lincoln (Grundy County)
• Maxfield (Bremer County)
  Maxfield Township, Bremer County, Iowa
  Maxfield Township is one of fourteen townships in Bremer County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,353.-Geography:Maxfield Township covers an area of and contains one incorporated settlement, Readlyn...
  
  
• Melrose (Grundy County)
• Mount Vernon (Black Hawk County)
  Mount Vernon Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa
  Mount Vernon Township is one of seventeen rural townships in Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1098.-Geography:Mount Vernon Township covers an area of and contains no incorporated settlements...
  
  
• Orange (Black Hawk County)
  Orange Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa
  Orange Township is one of seventeen rural townships in Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 385.-Geography:Orange Township covers an area of and contains no incorporated settlements.-External links:* *...
  
  
• Palermo (Grundy County)
• Pleasant Valley (Grundy County)
• Polk (Bremer County)
  Polk Township, Bremer County, Iowa
  Polk Township is one of fourteen townships in Bremer County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 991.-Geography:Polk Township covers an area of and contains one incorporated settlement, Plainfield. According to the USGS, it contains three cemeteries: Horton, Jackson and Willow...
  
  
• Poyner (Black Hawk County)
  Poyner Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa
  Poyner Township is one of seventeen rural townships in Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2581.-Geography:Poyner Township covers an area of and contains two incorporated settlements: Gilbertville and Raymond...
  
  
• Shiloh (Grundy County)
• Spring Creek (Black Hawk County)
  Spring Creek Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa
  Spring Creek Township is one of seventeen rural townships in Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 332.-Geography:...
  
  
• Sumner No. 2 (Bremer County)
  Sumner No. 2 Township, Bremer County, Iowa
  Sumner No. 2 Township is one of fourteen townships in Bremer County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 365.-Geography:Sumner No. 2 Township covers an area of and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the USGS, it contains four cemeteries: Saint John, Saint Johns,...
  
  
• Union (Black Hawk County)
  Union Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa
  Union Township is one of seventeen rural townships in Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 941.-Geography:...
  
  
• Warren (Bremer County)
  Warren Township, Bremer County, Iowa
  Warren Township is one of fourteen townships in Bremer County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 616.-Geography:Warren Township covers an area of and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the USGS, it contains three cemeteries: County Farm, Warren and Warren...
  
  
• Washington (Black Hawk County)
  Washington Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa
  Washington Township is one of seventeen rural townships in Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 647.-Geography:...
  
  
• Washington (Bremer County)
  Washington Township, Bremer County, Iowa
  Washington Township is one of fourteen townships in Bremer County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 515.-Geography:Washington Township covers an area of and contains no incorporated settlements.-External links:* *...
  
  
• Washington (Grundy County)

Demographics

As of the census

Census

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of 2000, there were 163,706 people, 63,527 households, and 41,855 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 90.62% White, 6.29% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.86% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.75% from other races

Race (United States Census)

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, and 1.29% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.56% of the population.

The median income for a household in the MSA was $39,163, and the median income for a family was $48,108. Males had a median income of $33,119 versus $22,549 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

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for the MSA was $19,075.