Based on the latest 2022 data from the US census, the current population of Metropolis is 5,903. Metropolis, Illinois is the 4,372nd largest city in the US.
Metropolis is located entirely in Massac County.
The peak population of Metropolis was in 1990, when its population was 7,169. In 1990, Metropolis was the 3,189th largest city in the US; now its fallen to the 4,372nd largest city in the US. Metropolis is currently 17.7% smaller than it was in 1990.
Metropolis has shrunk 10.1% since the year 2000. Metropolis, Illinois's growth is extremely below average. 82% of similarly sized cities are growing faster since 2000.
The total voting age population of Metropolis, Illinois, meaning US citizens 18 or older, is 4,681. The voting age population is 43.4% male and 56.6% female.
According to the latest census statistics, 23.1% of the residents of Metropolis are 65 or older.
The racial demographics of Metropolis are 89.5% White, 7.2% Black, 2.8% Two or more races and 0.4% Asian. Additionally, 4.1% of the population identifies as Hispanic.
In Metropolis, 24.4% of residents have an income below the poverty line, and the child poverty rate is 31.6%. On a per-household basis, 21.8% of families are below the poverty line in Metropolis.
Among those aged 16 and older, 46.2% of Metropolis residents are in the labor force.
Among the adult population 25 years old and over, 83.6% of Metropolis residents have at least a high school degree or equivalent, 13.9% have a bachelor's degree and 4.4% have a graduate or professional degree.
Among Metropolis residents aged 5 and older, 4.3% of them speak a non-English language at home. Broken down by language: 4.0% of residents speak Spanish at home, 0.0% speak an Indo-European language, and 0.3% speak an Asian language.
The unemployment rate in Metropolis is 5.2%, which is calculated among residents aged 16 or older who are in the labor force.
In Metropolis, 13.1% of the residents in the non-military labor force are employed by the local, state and federal government.
The median household income in Metropolis is $35,855.
In Metropolis, 62.1% of housing units are occupied by their owners.
Renters occupy 37.9% of housing units in Metropolis.
Of all the housing units in Metropolis, 14.9% of them were build before 1940.
In Metropolis, 8.6% of the total housing units were built after the year 2000, which is approximately 290 units.
The median gross monthly rent payment for renters in Metropolis is $667.
In Metropolis, 62.8% of households have an active broadband internet connection.
Year | Population | Rank in US |
---|---|---|
2021 | 5,903 | 4,372 |
2020 | 5,957 | 4,337 |
2019 | 5,945 | 4,300 |
2018 | 6,047 | 4,253 |
2017 | 6,133 | 4,204 |
2016 | 6,283 | 4,148 |
2015 | 6,334 | 4,108 |
2014 | 6,390 | 4,078 |
2013 | 6,465 | 4,031 |
2012 | 6,482 | 4,003 |
2011 | 6,537 | 3,968 |
2010 | 6,537 | 3,947 |
2000 | 6,569 | 3,712 |
1990 | 7,169 | 3,189 |
US Rank | Name | Population | Growth 2000-2021 |
---|---|---|---|
4362 | Cave Springs, Arkansas | 5,916 | 445.7% |
4363 | Clearfield, Pennsylvania | 5,915 | -10.7% |
4364 | Columbia, Mississippi | 5,914 | -10.5% |
4365 | Central City, Kentucky | 5,912 | 0.4% |
4366 | Groveport, Ohio | 5,910 | 50.1% |
4367 | Mocksville, North Carolina | 5,908 | 38.9% |
4368 | Mount Arlington, New Jersey | 5,905 | 25.3% |
4369 | Petoskey, Michigan | 5,905 | -2.9% |
4370 | Geneva, Ohio | 5,903 | -10.4% |
4371 | McRae-Helena, Georgia | 5,903 | |
4372 | Metropolis, Illinois | 5,903 | -10.1% |
4373 | Pontoon Beach, Illinois | 5,900 | 2.5% |
4374 | Hudson, New York | 5,898 | -21.4% |
4375 | Wake Village, Texas | 5,897 | 11.3% |
4376 | Norwood, Pennsylvania | 5,894 | -1.4% |
4377 | Pass Christian, Mississippi | 5,882 | -10.7% |
4378 | Salamanca, New York | 5,882 | -3.3% |
4379 | Belmar, New Jersey | 5,881 | -2.9% |
4380 | Estes Park, Colorado | 5,880 | 5.7% |
4381 | Hillsboro, Illinois | 5,874 | -7.7% |
4382 | Hightstown, New Jersey | 5,871 | 12.3% |
US Rank | Name | Population | Growth 2000-2021 |
---|---|---|---|
2825 | River Forest | 11,597 | -0.2% |
2852 | Schiller Park | 11,424 | -2.8% |
2859 | Markham | 11,399 | -10.4% |
2865 | Pontiac | 11,359 | -5.0% |
2891 | Troy | 11,175 | 30.6% |
2896 | Burr Ridge | 11,134 | 3.3% |
2910 | Waterloo | 11,062 | 35.0% |
2934 | Columbia | 10,959 | 37.0% |
2940 | Fox Lake | 10,927 | 18.4% |
2955 | Summit | 10,875 | 2.2% |
2956 | Roscoe | 10,871 | 71.1% |
2964 | Campton Hills | 10,836 | 18.1% |
2977 | Pingree Grove | 10,725 | 5635.2% |
2978 | Taylorville | 10,725 | -15.2% |
2983 | Worth | 10,708 | -3.0% |
2989 | Crestwood | 10,683 | -5.0% |
2995 | Barrington | 10,665 | 4.6% |
3018 | Lyons | 10,552 | 3.0% |
3025 | River Grove | 10,531 | -1.1% |
3058 | Riverdale | 10,397 | -30.8% |
3061 | Wood River | 10,386 | -8.0% |
3127 | Winfield | 10,140 | 14.7% |
3143 | Highland | 10,044 | 17.6% |
3146 | Manhattan | 10,037 | 193.9% |
3187 | Peru | 9,842 | -0.1% |
3215 | Sauk Village | 9,698 | -6.9% |
3231 | Mahomet | 9,589 | 91.0% |
3255 | LaSalle | 9,499 | -3.9% |
3268 | Flossmoor | 9,461 | 1.2% |
3269 | Harvard | 9,459 | 16.1% |
3275 | Steger | 9,438 | -2.7% |
3277 | Itasca | 9,430 | 12.7% |
3283 | Rochelle | 9,367 | -3.2% |
3284 | Bethalto | 9,359 | -2.1% |
3313 | Sugar Grove | 9,235 | 125.0% |
3319 | Hawthorn Woods | 9,211 | 49.8% |
3336 | Willowbrook | 9,127 | 0.8% |
3347 | Riverside | 9,061 | 2.0% |
3361 | Manteno | 8,999 | 37.4% |
3366 | Lynwood | 8,978 | 12.3% |
3398 | Harwood Heights | 8,836 | 6.3% |
3406 | Savoy | 8,823 | 95.7% |
3417 | Monmouth | 8,778 | -10.5% |
3429 | Rock Falls | 8,724 | -9.0% |
3437 | Lake Villa | 8,692 | 40.4% |
3438 | Olney | 8,692 | -0.9% |
3441 | Glencoe | 8,687 | -0.6% |
3444 | Mascoutah | 8,676 | 50.4% |
3456 | Clarendon Hills | 8,625 | 9.7% |
3494 | Glenwood | 8,477 | -6.0% |
3519 | Crete | 8,407 | 7.4% |
3533 | Gilberts | 8,349 | 547.2% |
3552 | Long Grove | 8,308 | 21.9% |
3561 | Jerseyville | 8,289 | 3.5% |
3603 | Maryville | 8,184 | 66.5% |
3619 | Hillside | 8,142 | 0.0% |
3620 | Paris | 8,140 | -11.6% |
3624 | Harrisburg | 8,129 | -17.5% |
3635 | Oak Brook | 8,086 | -6.5% |
3653 | Island Lake | 8,027 | -2.0% |
3675 | Broadview | 7,956 | -3.5% |
3678 | Silvis | 7,952 | 9.4% |
3681 | Lincolnshire | 7,932 | 29.0% |
3682 | South Beloit | 7,932 | 45.7% |
3694 | Park City | 7,867 | 18.0% |
3715 | West Dundee | 7,784 | 37.4% |
3716 | Rockton | 7,781 | 42.2% |
3722 | Hampshire | 7,758 | 159.7% |
3736 | Princeton | 7,716 | 2.6% |
3747 | Round Lake Park | 7,688 | 26.8% |
3758 | Chester | 7,645 | -9.1% |
3778 | Marengo | 7,572 | 17.9% |
3823 | Inverness | 7,449 | 6.4% |
3888 | North Riverside | 7,249 | 8.5% |
3897 | West Frankfort | 7,229 | -12.2% |
3913 | Robinson | 7,187 | 5.8% |
3914 | Salem | 7,187 | -8.9% |
3920 | Sandwich | 7,178 | 9.0% |
3948 | University Park | 7,082 | 5.1% |
3964 | Murphysboro | 7,023 | -19.2% |
3979 | Mendota | 6,982 | -4.0% |
3988 | Stickney | 6,963 | 13.4% |
4010 | Clinton | 6,913 | -7.7% |
4028 | Calumet Park | 6,843 | -19.5% |
4034 | Vandalia | 6,836 | -2.2% |
4048 | Mount Carmel | 6,804 | -14.7% |
4069 | Litchfield | 6,726 | -3.5% |
4070 | Orland Hills | 6,725 | -1.1% |
4074 | Benton | 6,708 | -3.1% |
4085 | Winthrop Harbor | 6,656 | -1.3% |
4135 | Geneseo | 6,512 | 0.1% |
4138 | Greenville | 6,507 | -7.4% |
4188 | Johnsburg | 6,377 | 17.1% |
4219 | Elburn | 6,283 | 121.7% |
4225 | Countryside | 6,275 | 3.4% |
4229 | Volo | 6,269 | 2913.9% |
4240 | Lakemoor | 6,234 | 112.6% |
4254 | Braidwood | 6,182 | 17.3% |
4311 | Chillicothe | 6,042 | 1.1% |
4356 | Monticello | 5,931 | 15.3% |
4361 | Mount Zion | 5,920 | 21.3% |
4372 | Metropolis | 5,903 | -10.1% |
4373 | Pontoon Beach | 5,900 | 2.5% |
4381 | Hillsboro | 5,874 | -7.7% |
4392 | Bartonville | 5,855 | -7.4% |
4396 | Beardstown | 5,844 | 0.8% |
4408 | Carterville | 5,828 | 24.0% |
4410 | Peoria Heights | 5,827 | -11.7% |
4416 | Du Quoin | 5,811 | -10.0% |
4424 | East Alton | 5,790 | -15.0% |
4442 | Coal City | 5,749 | 18.3% |
4447 | Willow Springs | 5,729 | 11.0% |
4487 | Northfield | 5,634 | 1.2% |
4490 | Wilmington | 5,624 | 4586.6% |
4507 | Lake Bluff | 5,589 | -7.9% |
4516 | Carlinville | 5,575 | -7.7% |
4546 | Spring Grove | 5,511 | 37.7% |
4555 | Posen | 5,497 | 16.0% |
4560 | Spring Valley | 5,486 | 0.7% |
4608 | Highwood | 5,374 | -1.8% |
4640 | Genoa | 5,300 | 24.7% |
4661 | Pana | 5,262 | -11.4% |
4685 | Berkeley | 5,214 | -0.4% |
4695 | Pinckneyville | 5,198 | -5.2% |
4697 | Eureka | 5,193 | 3.3% |
4746 | Monee | 5,103 | 67.4% |
4760 | Lake Barrington | 5,080 | 6.3% |
4763 | Poplar Grove | 5,076 | 171.4% |
4781 | Milan | 5,039 | -6.0% |
4796 | Colona | 5,021 | -3.7% |
4799 | South Barrington | 5,016 | 32.5% |
4814 | Staunton | 4,997 | -2.8% |
4865 | Creve Coeur | 4,897 | -9.9% |
4882 | Palos Park | 4,871 | 0.2% |
4903 | Hoopeston | 4,836 | -19.1% |
4929 | Marseilles | 4,804 | 2.6% |
4934 | Carmi | 4,796 | -11.3% |
4942 | Fairfield | 4,778 | -11.6% |
4954 | Flora | 4,753 | -5.9% |
4982 | Beecher | 4,690 | 120.3% |
4985 | Fox River Grove | 4,688 | -6.2% |
5007 | Olympia Fields | 4,654 | -1.7% |
5008 | Tuscola | 4,654 | 3.8% |
5021 | Sherman | 4,635 | 59.6% |
5027 | Robbins | 4,627 | -30.1% |
5030 | Watseka | 4,622 | -18.5% |
5033 | Breese | 4,614 | 12.7% |
5036 | Shelbyville | 4,609 | -6.9% |
5057 | Lebanon | 4,569 | 28.5% |
5082 | Freeburg | 4,532 | 10.8% |
5100 | Auburn | 4,507 | 1.3% |
5118 | Stone Park | 4,470 | -12.7% |
5125 | Paxton | 4,459 | -2.7% |
5176 | Cortland | 4,391 | 105.7% |
5179 | Caseyville | 4,389 | 0.7% |
5182 | Sullivan | 4,387 | 0.5% |
5235 | Lakewood | 4,296 | 80.5% |
5275 | Hometown | 4,240 | -4.9% |
5313 | West Peoria | 4,202 | -11.4% |
5317 | Lawrenceville | 4,195 | -11.1% |
5319 | Pittsfield | 4,193 | -9.4% |
5323 | Peotone | 4,182 | 22.5% |
5332 | Anna | 4,171 | -18.9% |
5335 | Centreville | 4,167 | -29.8% |
5339 | Kildeer | 4,165 | 17.2% |
5386 | Green Oaks | 4,080 | 12.7% |
5397 | Barrington Hills | 4,060 | 2.5% |
5406 | Morrison | 4,046 | -9.6% |
5414 | Millstadt | 4,028 | 36.2% |
5423 | Indian Head Park | 4,008 | 8.8% |
5432 | Dwight | 3,998 | -8.6% |
5443 | Burnham | 3,989 | -4.3% |
5445 | Smithton | 3,988 | 67.3% |
5451 | Wonder Lake | 3,971 | 37.3% |
5464 | Sparta | 3,950 | -13.6% |
5469 | Dupo | 3,941 | 0.1% |
5478 | South Chicago Heights | 3,924 | -1.0% |
5504 | Marshall | 3,892 | -0.5% |
5521 | Metamora | 3,875 | 41.6% |
5531 | Rosemont | 3,855 | -8.6% |
5544 | Rochester | 3,840 | 32.9% |
5545 | Coal Valley | 3,839 | 5.9% |
5585 | Byron | 3,775 | 24.2% |
5594 | Riverwoods | 3,765 | -2.3% |
5623 | St. Joseph | 3,725 | 25.0% |
5650 | Eldorado | 3,690 | -18.3% |
5660 | Red Bud | 3,684 | 7.1% |
5661 | Forsyth | 3,683 | 49.7% |
5680 | Oglesby | 3,660 | 0.5% |
5684 | Deer Park | 3,656 | 16.4% |
5708 | Fulton | 3,623 | -6.7% |
5714 | Aledo | 3,620 | 0.3% |
5728 | Fairbury | 3,595 | -9.5% |
5732 | Oregon | 3,592 | -11.6% |
5776 | Hainesville | 3,528 | 63.8% |
5778 | Tolono | 3,528 | 29.9% |
5798 | Riverton | 3,497 | 12.8% |
5803 | Wadsworth | 3,495 | 3.3% |
5821 | Gibson City | 3,476 | 2.9% |
5830 | Le Roy | 3,459 | 3.5% |
5883 | Germantown Hills | 3,401 | 48.6% |
5896 | New Baden | 3,388 | 12.5% |
5926 | Johnston City | 3,349 | -5.5% |
5987 | Galena | 3,282 | -5.2% |
6029 | Carlyle | 3,222 | -5.4% |
6059 | South Jacksonville | 3,191 | -8.0% |
6060 | Virden | 3,191 | -8.4% |
6067 | Sleepy Hollow | 3,183 | -10.7% |
6084 | Gillespie | 3,166 | -6.8% |
6107 | North Barrington | 3,144 | 5.8% |
6119 | Madison | 3,129 | -31.0% |
6124 | Westville | 3,120 | -1.4% |
6130 | East Dundee | 3,115 | 4.3% |
6159 | Georgetown | 3,092 | -14.5% |
6205 | Momence | 3,057 | -3.0% |
6206 | Nashville | 3,057 | -2.8% |
6240 | Rushville | 3,026 | -5.9% |
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