Evansville, IN-KY

1950‑1955:		Evansville, IN SMA
1955‑1959:		Evansville, IN-KY SMA
1959‑1983:		Evansville, IN-KY SMSA
1983‑1992:		Evansville, IN-KY MSA
1992‑2003:		Evansville-Henderson, IN-KY MSA
2003‑2006:		Evansville, IN-KY Metro Area

Components

Population


Component	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


Gibson County, IN	30,720	29,949	30,444	33,156	31,913	32,500	33,347

Posey County, IN	19,818	19,214	21,740	26,414	25,968	27,061	26,834

Vanderburgh County, IN	160,422	165,794	168,772	167,515	165,058	171,922	172,774

Warrick County, IN	21,527	23,577	27,972	41,474	44,920	52,383	56,435

Henderson County, KY	30,715	33,519	36,031	40,849	43,044	44,829	45,563

Webster County, KY	15,555	14,244	13,282	14,832	13,955	14,120	14,134



Total	160,422	199,313	232,775	309,408	278,990	296,195	349,087
Percent Change	-	24.2%	16.8%	32.9%	-9.8%	6.2%	17.9%



Total (as currently defined)	278,757	286,297	298,241	324,240	324,858	342,815	349,087
Percent Change	-	2.7%	4.2%	8.7%	0.2%	5.5%	1.8%

Timeline

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Component

Gibson County, IN

Posey County, IN

Vanderburgh County, IN

Warrick County, IN

Henderson County, KY

Webster County, KY

In this area

In another area

Principal/Central Cities

Population


City	1950		1960		1970		1980		1990		2000		2005


Evansville, IN	128,636	*	141,543	*	138,764	*	130,496	*	126,272	*	121,582	*	115,918	*

Henderson, KY	16,837		16,892		22,976		24,834		25,945	*	27,373	*	27,666



Total	128,636		141,543		138,764		130,496		152,217		148,955		115,918
Metro	160,422		199,313		232,775		309,408		278,990		296,195		349,087
Percent	80.2%		71.0%		59.6%		42.2%		54.6%		50.3%		33.2%

Timeline

Principal or central city of this metro area

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City

Evansville, IN

Henderson, KY

Urban/Rural Population



1950				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			137,573	85.8%
		UA Population		137,573	85.8%
	Rural Population			22,849	14.2%

	Inside Central Cities			128,636	80.2%
	Outside Central Cities			31,786	19.8%

	Total Metro Area Population			160,422	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Evansville, IN		137,573	137,573	100.0%

	Total			137,573


	population figures are from the 1950 census, metro areas as defined Mar 1952




1960				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			165,353	74.2%
		UA Population		143,660	64.5%
	Rural Population			57,537	25.8%

	Inside Central Cities			141,543	63.5%
	Outside Central Cities			81,347	36.5%

	Total Metro Area Population			222,890	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Evansville, IN		143,660	143,660	100.0%

	Total			143,660


	population figures are from the 1960 census, metro areas as defined Oct 1963




1970				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			191,213	67.1%
		UA Population		142,476	50.0%
	Rural Population			93,746	32.9%

	Inside Central Cities			138,764	48.7%
	Outside Central Cities			146,195	51.3%

	Total Metro Area Population			284,959	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Evansville, IN		142,476	142,476	100.0%

	Total			142,476


	population figures are from the 1970 census, metro areas as defined Apr 1973




1980				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			197,088	71.3%
		UA Population		180,089	65.2%
	Rural Population			79,164	28.7%

	Inside Central Cities			130,496	47.2%
	Outside Central Cities			145,756	52.8%

	Total Metro Area Population			276,252	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Evansville, IN-KY		180,089	180,089	100.0%

	Total			180,089


	population figures are from the 1980 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1983




1990				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			200,127	71.7%
		UA Population		183,087	65.6%
	Rural Population			78,863	28.3%

	Inside Central Cities			152,217	54.6%
	Outside Central Cities			126,773	45.4%

	Total Metro Area Population			278,990	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Evansville, IN-KY		183,087	183,087	100.0%

	Total			183,087


	population figures are from the 1990 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1993




2000				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			244,672	71.4%
		UA Population		211,989	61.8%
	Rural Population			98,143	28.6%

	Inside Principal Cities			121,582	35.5%
	Outside Principal Cities			221,233	64.5%

	Total Metro Area Population			342,815	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Evansville, IN-KY		211,989	211,989	100.0%

	Total			211,989


	population figures are from the 2000 census, metro areas as defined Jun 2003

Component Change History




Apr 1950



-		New SMA: Evansville, IN SMA
-		Vanderburgh County, IN included as original SMA component
-		Evansville, IN designated as original central city of new SMA


Oct 1955



-		Title of Evansville, IN SMA changed to Evansville, IN-KY SMA
-		Henderson County, KY added


Oct 1963



-		Warrick County, IN added


Apr 1973



-		Gibson County, IN added
-		Posey County, IN added


Jun 1983



-		Gibson County, IN deleted, reverted to nonmetro status


Jun 1990



-		Henderson, KY designated as central city of MSA


Dec 1992



-		Title of Evansville, IN-KY MSA changed to Evansville-Henderson, IN-KY MSA


Jun 2003



-		Title of Evansville-Henderson, IN-KY MSA changed to Evansville, IN-KY Metro Area
-		Gibson County, IN added
-		Webster County, KY added
-		Henderson, KY no longer designated as principal/central city

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