Danville, IL Micro Area

The Danville, IL micro area is one county in Illinois: Vermilion County. About 71,259 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 4.0% fewer than in April 2020.

Vermilion County, centralDanville
Vermilion County in Illinois
Population, July 2025
71,259 4.0% fewer than in April 2020
Type
Micropolitan statistical area
County
Vermilion County
Land area
898 sq mi (2,327 km²)
Time zone
Central TimeUTC-06:00 in January; UTC-05:00 in July
State
Illinois
Combined statistical area
Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL
CBSA code
19180

The county in the Danville, IL micro area

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025
Vermilion CountyCentral71,259

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of 10,000 to 49,999 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal city

  1. Danville28,595 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Part of the Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other area in this one is

  1. Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area239,979 people

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area35 mi west
  2. Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area43 mi northeast
  3. Terre Haute, IN Metro Area49 mi south

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