Pontiac, IL Micro Area
The Pontiac, IL micro area is one county in Illinois: Livingston County. About 35,057 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 2.2% fewer than in April 2020.
- Population, July 2025
- 35,057 2.2% fewer than in April 2020
- Type
- Micropolitan statistical area
- County
- Livingston County
- Land area
- 1,044 sq mi (2,703 km²)
- Time zone
- Central TimeUTC-06:00 in January; UTC-05:00 in July
- State
- Illinois
- Combined statistical area
- Bloomington-Pontiac, IL
- CBSA code
- 38700
The county in the Pontiac, IL micro area
| County | Role | Population, July 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Livingston County | Central | 35,057 |
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
- Pontiac11,294 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 Bloomington-Pontiac, 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
- Bloomington, IL Metro Area171,419 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.
- Bloomington, IL Metro Area33 mi southwest
- Ottawa, IL Micro Area33 mi north
- Kankakee, IL Metro Area43 mi east
- Peoria, IL Metro Area52 mi west
- Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area57 mi south
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area82 mi northeast
Before using this answer on a form
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.
Find the metro area where you are now, find your county, or see every metro and micro area by population.