The Peoria, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the U.S Office of Management and Budget, is a metropolitan area consisting of five counties in Central Illinois, anchored by the city of Peoria. As of the 2020 census, the area has a population of 368,782, decreasing to an estimated 363,505 in 2025. The metropolitan statistical area is the third largest in Illinois, behind Chicago and St. Louis, and the 156th largest in the United States. The MSA is a component of the broader Peoria–Canton, IL Combined Statistical Area, which also includes the Canton, IL micropolitan area (Fulton County) and has an estimated population of 396,406 in 2025.
Counties CountySeat2025 estimate2020 CensusChangeAreaDensityPeoriaPeoria TazewellPekin WoodfordEureka MarshallLacon StarkToulon Total
Communities
Places with more than 100,000 inhabitants Peoria (principal city)
Places with 10,000 to 40,000 inhabitants East Peoria Morton Pekin Washington Canton
Places with 2,500 to 10,000 inhabitants Bartonville Chillicothe Creve Coeur Germantown Hills El Paso (partial) Eureka Henry Marquette Heights Metamora Peoria Heights West Peoria
Places with 1,000 to 2,500 inhabitants Bellevue Delavan Dunlap Elmwood Farmington Glasford Hanna City Lacon Mackinaw Minier Minonk North Pekin Princeville Roanoke Rome (census-designated place) South Pekin Tremont Toluca Toulon Washburn Wenona (partial) Wyoming
Places with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants
Armington Bay View Gardens Benson Bradford Brimfield Congerville Deer Creek Goodfield Green Valley Hopedale Hopewell Kappa Kingston Mines La Fayette La Rose Mapleton Norwood Panola Secor Sparland Spring Bay Varna
Unincorporated places
Alta Broadmoor Camp Grove Castleton Cramers Edelstein Edgewater Edwards El Vista Elmore Galena Knolls Groveland High Meadows Holmes Center Hopewell Estates Komatsu Dresser Lake Camelot Lake Lancelot Lake of the Woods Laura Lawn Ridge Leeds Lombardville Lowpoint Mardell Manor Modena Monica Mossville North Hampton Oak Hill Oak Ridge Orchard Mines Pattonsburg Pottstown Renchville Rome Heights Saratoga Center Saxton Smithville South Rome Southport Speer Spires Tuscarora Vets Row Vonachen Knolls West Hallock Wilbern Woodford
Townships
Akron Bartonville Bell Plain Bennington Boynton Brimfield Cazenovia Chillicothe Cincinnati Clayton Cruger Deer Creek Delavan Dillon El Paso Elm Grove Elmira Elmwood Essex Evans Fondulac Goshen Greene Groveland Hallock Henry Hittle Hollis Hopedale Hopewell Jubilee Kansas Kickapoo La Prairie Lacon Limestone Linn Little Mackinaw Logan Mackinaw Malone Medina Metamora Millbrook Minonk Montgomery Morton Olio Osceola Palestine Panola Partridge Pekin Penn Princeville Radnor Richland Richwoods Roanoke Roberts Rosefield Sand Prairie Saratoga Spring Bay Spring Lake Steuben Timber Toulon Tremont Trivoli Valley Washington West Jersey West Peoria Whitefield Worth
Demographics As of the census of 2020, there were 402,391 people within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 88.54% White, 8.40% African American, 0.23% Native American, 1.05% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.59% from other races, and 1.18% 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 $42,805, and the median income for a family was $50,756. Males had a median income of $38,135 versus $23,793 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $20,104.
Combined Statistical Area The Peoria–Canton Combined Statistical Area is made up of six counties in central Illinois. The statistical area includes one metropolitan area and one micropolitan area. As of the 2000 Census, the CSA had a population of 405,149 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 412,517). As of the 2020 census it had a population of 401,867.
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) Peoria (Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties) Micropolitan Statistical Area (μSA) Canton (Fulton County)
Statistical Area2025 estimate2020 CensusChangeAreaDensityPeoria, IL Metropolitan Statistical AreaCanton, IL Micropolitan Statistical AreaTotal
See also Illinois census statistical areas
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