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
|