Illinois-Indiana-Kentucky tri-state area

Illinois-Indiana-Kentucky
tri-state area

The Illinois-Indiana-Kentucky tri-state area within their states. Dark shaded counties are included only by WTVW. Common names: Tri-State Area Wabash Valley (Illinois, Indiana) Ohio Valley (All three) Green Valley (Kentucky)
Largest city 10,000+ cities	Illinois Harrisburg Indiana Evansville Vincennes • Jasper Princeton • Washington Kentucky Owensboro Henderson • Madisonville
MSAs	Evansville • Owensboro
µSAs	Central City • Harrisburg • Jasper Madisonville • Vincennes • Washington

The Illinois-Indiana-Kentucky tri-state area is a tri-state area where the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky intersect. The area is defined mainly by the television viewing area and consists of ten Illinois counties, eleven Indiana counties, and nine Kentucky counties.

The 2010 population estimate of the 30-county core region is 911,613 people. Evansville, Indiana, with approximately 118,000 people, is the largest city and the principal hub for both the Evansville Metropolitan Area and Southwestern Indiana. Owensboro, Kentucky, with approximately 60,000 people, is the second-largest city and the secondary hub as well as the hub for the Owensboro Metropolitan Area. The other seven cities with 10,000 or more people include Harrisburg, Illinois; Henderson, Kentucky; Madisonville, Kentucky; Princeton, Indiana; Vincennes, Indiana; Washington, Indiana; and Jasper, Indiana. The dissecting point between the three states are the Wabash and Ohio Rivers which meet near the tripoint of Gallatin County, Illinois, Posey County, Indiana, and Union County, Kentucky.

Some of the counties along the edges may or may not consider themselves as part of the area. One of the Evansville TV stations (CW 7 WTVW) also includes Hardin County, Illinois, Crawford County, Indiana, Orange County, Indiana, Breckinridge County, Kentucky, Crittenden County, Kentucky and Grayson County, Kentucky as part of its viewing area as well as the below-mentioned counties because, prior to the advent of digital television, the station broadcast on the VHF band (it now broadcasts on RF channel 28, in the UHF band). This was also due to its transmitter being located near Chandler, Indiana in Warrick County as opposed to in Henderson County, like the other stations. (See map on right.)

In addition, the counties on the eastern edge of the area are included in Kentuckiana, the northern edge counties are included in the Terre Haute viewing area and the western edge counties are either included in the Paducah-Carbondale or the St. Louis viewing areas and the southern edge are included in the Nashville-Clarksville viewing area.

The counties

Note: Italicized counties are included by only WTVW. See above map.

Illinois counties

• Clay
• Edwards
• Gallatin
• Hamilton
• Hardin
• Lawrence
• Richland
• Saline
• Wabash
• Wayne
• White

Indiana counties

• Crawford
• Daviess
• Dubois
• Gibson
• Knox
• Martin
• Orange
• Perry
• Pike
• Posey
• Spencer
• Vanderburgh
• Warrick

Kentucky counties

• Breckinridge
• Crittenden
• Daviess
• Grayson
• Hancock
• Henderson
• Hopkins
• McLean
• Muhlenberg
• Ohio
• Union
• Webster

Media

The major local broadcast television stations are:

• WEHT Channel 25.1 ABC Henderson, KY
• WEVV Channel 44.1 CBS / 44.2 (FOX) Evansville, IN
• WFIE Channel 14.1 NBC / 14.2 (XTRA) / 14.3 (This TV) Evansville, IN
• WNIN Channel 9.1 (PBS) / 9.2 (Local) / 9.3 (WNIN-FM) Evansville, IN
• WYYW-CD Channel 36.1 America One Evansville, IN
• WTVW Channel 7.1 CW "Local 7" Evansville, IN

The other area broadcast television stations are:

• W06BD LP Channel 6 Princeton, IN
• WJTS-CD Channel 18.1 America One Jasper, IN
• WKOH KET 31.1 - 31.3 Owensboro, KY
• WVUT Channel 22.1 PBS / 22.2 (Create TV) Vincennes, IN

The major local broadcast FM radio stations are:

• 89.1 WVJC Mount Carmel, IL
• 91.1 WVUB Vincennes, IN
• 92.5 WBKR Owensboro, KY
• 93.9 WKTG Madisonville, KY
• 94.9 WYNG Mount Carmel, IL
• 96.1 WSTO Owensboro, KY / Evansville, IN
• 98.1 WRAY Princeton, IN
• 99.5 WKDQ Henderson, KY
• 100.5 WSJD Mount Carmel, IL
• 101.9 WQXQ Central City, KY / Owensboro, KY
• 103.1 WGBF Henderson, KY
• 104.1 WIKY Evansville, IN
• 105.3 WJLT Evansville, IN
• 106.1 WDKS Newburgh, IN
• 107.1 WJPS Boonville, IN
• 107.5 WABX Evansville, IN

Fifteen largest cities

The Metropolitan and Micropolitan Areas of the Tri-State Area

Population Rank	City	State	Population 2010	County	Region
1	Evansville	Indiana	117,429	Vanderburgh	Southwestern Indiana
2	Owensboro	Kentucky	57,265	Daviess	Northwestern Kentucky
3	Henderson	Kentucky	28,757	Henderson	Northwestern Kentucky
4	Madisonville	Kentucky	19,591	Hopkins	Northwestern Kentucky
5	Vincennes	Indiana	18,423	Knox	Southwestern Indiana
6	Jasper	Indiana	15,038	Dubois	Southwestern Indiana
7	Washington	Indiana	11,509	Daviess	Southwestern Indiana
8	Princeton	Indiana	10,974	Gibson	Southwestern Indiana
9	Harrisburg	Illinois	9,638	Saline	Southeastern Illinois
10	Olney	Illinois	8,631	Richland	Southeastern Illinois
11	Mount Carmel	Illinois	8,282	Wabash	Southeastern Illinois
12	Tell City	Indiana	7,272	Perry	Southwestern Indiana
13	Mount Vernon	Indiana	7,186	Posey	Southwestern Indiana
14	Boonville	Indiana	6,834	Warrick	Southwestern Indiana
15	Central City	Kentucky	5,893	Muhlenberg	Northwestern Kentucky
15	Huntingburg	Indiana	5,594	Dubois	Southwestern Indiana

• All of the cities on the list are county seats of their respective counties except Huntingburg, Indiana and Central City, Kentucky.

• Newburgh is currently undergoing annexation plans that will incorporate many of the surrounding developments which will increase the population to as much as 12,000 people putting the town right behind Jasper on the above list. Also Newburgh would be the only town on the list.

Metropolitan and micropolitan areas

Metropolitan areas

Name	Primary City or Cities	State or States	County or Counties	Non-Area County or Counties Influenced	Area	2005 Population
Evansville, IN-KY Metropolitan Statistical Area	Evansville Henderson Princeton	Indiana Kentucky	Gibson, Posey Vanderburgh, Warrick Henderson, Webster	Illinois: Wabash, White Indiana: Pike, Spencer Kentucky: Union	2,367 sq mi 6,130 km2	352,943
Owensboro, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area	Owensboro	Kentucky	Daviess, Hancock McLean	Indiana: Perry, Spencer Kentucky: Breckinridge, Ohio	931 sq mi 2,410 km2	112,104

Micropolitan areas

Name	Primary City	State or States	County or Counties	Area	2005 Population
Central City, KY Micropolitan Area	Central City Greenville	Kentucky	Muhlenberg	479 sq mi 1,241 km2	32,331
Harrisburg, IL Micropolitan Area	Harrisburg	Illinois	Saline	387 sq mi 1,002 km2	26,733
Jasper, IN Micropolitan Area	Jasper	Indiana	Dubois Pike	776 sq mi 2010 km2	53,211
Madisonville, KY Micropolitan Area	Madisonville	Kentucky	Hopkins	554 sq mi 1,430 km2	46,286
Vincennes, IN-IL Micropolitan Area	Lawrenceville Vincennes	Illinois Indiana	Knox Lawrence	898 sq mi 2,330 km2	54,332
Washington, IN Micropolitan Area	Washington	Indiana	Daviess	437 sq mi 1,130 km2	32,200

Core counties

Southeast Illinois

Population Total: 142,574

County Name	County Seat	Population (2007)	Area
Clay	Louisville	14,760	437 sq mi (1,130 km2)
Edwards	Albion	6,971	223 sq mi (580 km2)
Gallatin	Shawneetown	6,445	328 sq mi (850 km2)
Hamilton	McLeansboro	8,621	436 sq mi (1,130 km2)
Lawrence	Lawrenceville	15,452	374 sq mi (970 km2)
Richland	Olney	16,149	362 sq mi (940 km2)
Saline	Harrisburg	26,933	387 sq mi (1,000 km2)
Wabash	Mt. Carmel	13,788	232 sq mi (600 km2)
Wayne	Fairfield	17,667	716 sq mi (1,850 km2)
White	Carmi	15,788	502 sq mi (1,300 km2)

Southwestern Indiana

Population Total: 498,015

County Name	County Seat	Population (2007)	Area
Daviess	Washington	32,200	437 sq mi (1,130 km2)
Dubois	Jasper	40,260	435 sq mi (1,130 km2)
Gibson	Princeton	39,785	526 sq mi (1,360 km2)
Knox	Vincennes	38,880	524 sq mi (1,360 km2)
Martin	Shoals	13,575	341 sq mi (880 km2)
Perry	Tell City	22,665	386 sq mi (1,000 km2)
Pike	Petersburg	14,440	342 sq mi (890 km2)
Posey	Mt. Vernon	30,050	429 sq mi (1,110 km2)
Spencer	Rockport	25,200	401 sq mi (1,040 km2)
Vanderburgh	Evansville	174,425	236 sq mi (610 km2)
Warrick	Boonville	61,552	424 sq mi (1,100 km2)

Northwest Kentucky

Population Total: 276,007

County Name	County Seat	Population (2007)	Area
Daviess	Owensboro	93,756	476 sq mi (1,230 km2)
Hancock	Hawesville	8,617	199 sq mi (520 km2)
Henderson	Henderson	45,296	467 sq mi (1,210 km2)
Hopkins	Madisonville	46,286	554 sq mi (1,430 km2)
McLean	Calhoun	9,731	256 sq mi (660 km2)
Muhlenberg	Greenville	31,561	479 sq mi (1,240 km2)
Ohio	Hartford	23,560	597 sq mi (1,550 km2)
Union	Morganfield	15,637	363 sq mi (940 km2)
Webster	Dixon	13,890	336 sq mi (870 km2)

Trivia

The Two Daviess Counties within the Tri-State Area.

There are two counties named Daviess in the Tri-State Area, Daviess County, Indiana (pronounced Da'Veez), and Daviess County, Kentucky (pronounced Da'Vis). Both counties are named for Maj. Joseph Hamilton Daveiss, U.S. District Attorney for Kentucky who prosecuted Aaron Burr.

See also

• Evansville Metropolitan Area
• Owensboro Metropolitan Area
• Jasper Micropolitan Area
• Southwestern Indiana
• Southern Illinois
• Western Kentucky