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Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area

The Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN metro area is made up of 4 counties in Indiana: Tippecanoe, Carroll, Benton, and Warren, largest first. About 228,468 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 2.1% more than in April 2020.

Benton County, outlyingCarroll County, outlyingTippecanoe County, centralWarren County, outlyingLafayetteWest Lafayette
Central Outlying 4 counties in Indiana
Population, July 2025
228,468 2.1% more than in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
Counties
4: 1 central, 3 outlying
Land area
1,642 sq mi (4,253 km²)
Time zone
Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July
State
Indiana
Combined statistical area
Lafayette-West Lafayette-Frankfort, IN
CBSA code
29200
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Counties in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN metro area, largest first

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025Share of the area
Tippecanoe CountyCentral190,45683.4%
Carroll CountyOutlying20,6559.0%
Benton CountyOutlying8,8833.9%
Warren CountyOutlying8,4743.7%

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. An outlying county is in the area because of commuting: at least a quarter of its workers have jobs in the central county, or at least a quarter of the people working there live in them. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal cities, largest first

  1. Lafayette71,159 people
  2. West Lafayette45,159 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 Lafayette-West Lafayette-Frankfort, IN combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 2 areas in this one, largest first:

  1. Frankfort, IN Micro Area33,322 people
  2. Monticello, IN Micro Area25,164 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. Frankfort, IN Micro Area19 mi southeast
  2. Monticello, IN Micro Area24 mi north
  3. Crawfordsville, IN Micro Area25 mi south
  4. Logansport, IN Micro Area36 mi northeast
  5. Kokomo, IN Metro Area39 mi east
  6. Danville, IL Micro Area43 mi southwest
  7. Terre Haute, IN Metro Area70 mi southwest
  8. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area108 mi northwest

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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.

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