South Bend – Mishawaka metropolitan area
The South Bend–Mishawaka Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties – one in northern Indiana and one in southwest Michigan, anchored by the cities of South Bend and Mishawaka in Indiana. As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 316,663 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 317,538).[1]
Contents
Counties
Communities
Places with more than 100,000 inhabitants
- South Bend, Indiana (Principal city)
Places with 50,000 to 100,000 inhabitants
- Mishawaka, Indiana (Principal city)
Places with 1,000 to 50,000 inhabitants
- Cassopolis, Michigan
- Dowagiac, Michigan
- Edwardsburg, Michigan
- Georgetown, Indiana (census-designated place)
- Granger, Indiana (census-designated place)
- Gulivoire Park, Indiana (census-designated place)
- Marcellus, Michigan
- New Carlisle, Indiana
- Niles, Michigan (partial)
- North Liberty, Indiana
- Osceola, Indiana
- Roseland, Indiana
- Walkerton, Indiana
Places with less than 1,000 inhabitants
Unincorporated places
- Colburn, Indiana
- Crumstown, Indiana
- La Grange, Michigan
- Notre Dame, Indiana
- Penn, Michigan
- Pleasant Valley, Indiana
- Pokagon, Michigan
- Sumnerville, Michigan
- Union, Michigan
- Westfield, Indiana
- Wyatt, Indiana
Townships
St. Joseph County
Cass County
Demographics
As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 316,663 people, 120,419 households, and 81,096 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 83.46% White, 10.59% African American, 0.43% Native American, 1.21% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 2.27% from other races, and 2.00% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.35% of the population.
The median income for a household in the MSA was $40,842, and the median income for a family was $48,277. Males had a median income of $36,311 versus $24,918 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $19,615.
Combined Statistical Area
The South Bend–Elkhart–Mishawaka Combined Statistical Area is made up of four counties – three in northern Indiana and one in southwest Michigan. The statistical area includes two metropolitan areas and one micropolitan area. As of the 2000 Census, the CSA had a population of 544,582 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 564,493).[3]
- Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs)
- South Bend–Mishawaka (St. Joseph County, Indiana and Cass County, Michigan)
- Elkhart–Goshen (Elkhart County, Indiana)
- Micropolitan Statistical Areas (μSAs)
