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South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area

The South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI metro area is made up of 2 counties in Indiana and Michigan: St. Joseph and Cass. About 324,538 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), about the same as in April 2020.

St. Joseph County, centralCass County, centralSouth Bend
2 counties in Indiana and Michigan
Population, July 2025
324,538 about the same as in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
Counties
2, both central
Land area
948 sq mi (2,455 km²)
Time zone
Eastern Time, Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July
States
Indiana, Michigan
Combined statistical area
South Bend-Elkhart-Mishawaka, IN-MI
CBSA code
43780
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Counties in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI metro area, largest first

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025Share of the area
St. Joseph CountyIndianaCentral272,86184.1%
Cass CountyMichiganCentral51,67715.9%

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 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 cities, largest first

  1. South Bend103,085 people
  2. Mishawaka51,021 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 South Bend-Elkhart-Mishawaka, IN-MI combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 4 areas in this one, largest first:

  1. Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area208,774 people
  2. Niles, MI Metro Area152,444 people
  3. Warsaw, IN Micro Area80,892 people
  4. Plymouth, IN Micro Area46,599 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. Niles, MI Metro Area11 mi north
  2. Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area16 mi east
  3. Plymouth, IN Micro Area23 mi south
  4. Michigan City-La Porte, IN Metro Area31 mi west
  5. Sturgis, MI Micro Area45 mi east
  6. Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area54 mi northeast

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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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