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Decatur, IL Metro Area Demographics

Decatur, IL Metro Area is the 384th most populous of 935 metro areas in the United States, with 103,998 residents across 581 square miles. That is about 179 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 103,998
Land area 581 sq mi
Density 179 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

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Counties in the Decatur, IL Metro Area area

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
Macon County 103,998 580.6 179

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