The Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the

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, is an area consisting of three counties in

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, anchored by the city of Cedar Rapids. As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 276,520. The Cedar Rapids MSA is part of a Combined Statistical Area (CSA) with the Iowa City MSA. The area is marketed regionally as Iowa City-Cedar Rapids (ICR), or the "Corridor" (referring to the Interstate 380 corridor) which includes both the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City metropolitan areas and several surrounding counties.

Counties

* Benton * Jones * Linn

Communities

Places with more than 100,000 inhabitants

* Cedar Rapids (Principal city)

Places with 30,000 to 50,000 inhabitants

* Marion

Places with 5,000 to 30,000 inhabitants

* Hiawatha * Anamosa

Places with 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants

* Atkins * Belle Plaine * Cascade (partial) * Center Point * Central City * Ely * Fairfax *

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* Monticello * Mount Vernon * Palo * Robins * Springville * Urbana * Vinton * Walford

Places with 500 to 1,000 inhabitants

* Alburnett * Blairstown * Coggon * Keystone * Newhall * Olin * Shellsburg * Van Horne * Walker *

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* Swisher

Places with fewer than 500 inhabitants

* Bertram * Center Junction * Garrison * Luzerne * Martelle * Morley * Mount Auburn *

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* Onslow * Oxford Junction * Prairieburg

Demographics

As of the

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of 2010, there were 257,940 people, 104,617 households, and 67,059 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 92.0%

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, 3.4%

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, 0.3% Native American, 1.5% Asian, 0.1%

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, 0.6% from other races, and 2.1% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 2.4% of the population. According to the 2010 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, the median income for a household in the MSA was $53,755, and the median income for a family was $67,506. Males had a median income of $47,371 versus $36,167 for females. The

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for the MSA was $27,553.

References

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