Springfield metropolitan area, Illinois

Springfield Metropolitan Area

Springfield, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Springfield Metropolitan Area Springfield, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Downtown Springfield and the Illinois State Capitol
Springfield–Jacksonville–Lincoln, IL CSA	City of Springfield Springfield, IL MSA Jacksonville, IL µSA Taylorville, IL µSA Lincoln, IL µSA
	City of Springfield Springfield, IL MSA Jacksonville, IL µSA Taylorville, IL µSA Lincoln, IL µSA
Country	United States
State	Illinois
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)

The Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in Central Illinois, anchored by the city of Springfield. As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 201,437 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 208,182).

Metropolitan Springfield is southwest of Chicago, south of Peoria, southwest of Bloomington and Champaign, and west of Decatur.