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**Illinois - Indiana - Kentucky Tri-State Area**
*ILINKY I-Linky INKY Two Rivers Area*
The Illinois-Indiana-Kentucky Tri-State Area within their states Common names: Tri-State Area, Wabash Valley, Ohio Valley
Largest city 10,000+ cities	- Evansville, Indiana - Owensboro, Kentucky - Henderson, Kentucky - Vincennes, Indiana - Jasper, Indiana - Princeton, Indiana - Washington, Indiana - Harrisburg, Illinois

The Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky Tri-State Area is a tri-state area where the 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 term Tri-State Area is often used by the media and in local advertisements.

The 2007 population estimate of the 30-county region is 911,613 people. Evansville, Indiana, with approximately 125,000 people, is the largest city and the principal hub for both the Evansville Metropolitan Area and Southwestern Indiana. Owensboro, Kentucky, with approximately 55,000 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.

1 The Counties
2 Media
3 15 Largest Cities
4 Metropolitan and Micropolitan Areas
- 4.1 Metropolitan Areas
- 4.2 Micropolitan Areas
5 Area Counties
6 An Interesting Fact
7 See also

The Counties

Indiana counties

Illinois counties

Kentucky counties

Media

The major local broadcast television stations are:

WAZE CW Channel 19 /20.1 Madisonville, KY
WEHT ABC / RTV Channel 25 / 25.2 Henderson, KY
WEVV CBS Channel 44 / 44.1 / 44.2 (WTSN) Evansville, IN
WFIE NBC Channel 14 / 14.1 / 14.2 (XTRA) / 14.3 (This) Evansville, IN
WNIN PBS Channel 9 / 9.1 / 9.2 / 9.3 (ALL PBS PG) Newburgh, IN
WTSN MyTV Channel 63 / 44.2 Evansville, IN
WTVW Fox Channel 7 / 7.1 Evansville, IN

The other area broadcast television stations are:

W06BD Local LP 6 / 6.1 Princeton, IN
WJTS A1 27 / 18.1 Jasper, IN
WKOH PBS/KET 31 / 30.1 Owensboro, KY
WVUT PBS 22 / 22.1 / 22.2 /22.3 (ALL PBS PGMG) Vincennes, IN

The major local broadcast FM radio stations are:

89.1 WVJC Mount Carmel, IL "89-1 The Bash"
91.1 WVUB Vincennes, IN "Blazer 91-1"
92.5 WBKR Owensboro, KY "The Country Station"
94.9 WYNG Mount Carmel, IL "Wing 95"
96.1 WSTO Owensboro, KY / Evansville, IN "Hot 96"
98.1 WRAY Princeton, IN "98-1 WRAY FM-AM"
99.5 WKDQ Henderson, KY "99-5 WKDQ"
100.5 WSJD Mount Carmel, IL "True Oldies 100.5"
101.9 WQXQ Central City, KY / Owensboro, KY "Q-101.9"
103.1 WGBF Henderson, KY "103 GBF"
104.1 WIKY Evansville, IN "104 WIKY"
105.3 WJLT Evansville, IN "Super Hits 105-3"
106.1 WDKS Newburgh, IN "106 Kiss FM"
107.1 WEJK Boonville, IN "107 Jack FM"
107.5 WABX Evansville, IN "107-5 WABX"

15 Largest Cities

The Metropolitan and Micropolitan Areas of the Tri-State Area

Rank	City	Population 2007	County	Region
1	Evansville, Indiana	128,826	Vanderburgh	Southwestern Indiana
2	Owensboro, Kentucky	59,267	Daviess	Northwestern Kentucky
3	Henderson, Kentucky	28,473	Henderson	Northwestern Kentucky
4	Madisonville, Kentucky	18,987	Hopkins	Northwestern Kentucky
5	Vincennes, Indiana	18,791	Knox	Southwestern Indiana
6	Jasper, Indiana	12,190	Dubois	Southwestern Indiana
7	Washington, Indiana	11,670	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	7,931	Perry	Southwestern Indiana
13	Mount Vernon, Indiana	7,586	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, IN and Central City, KY.

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: 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

Area 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)

An Interesting Fact

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 Daviess, U.S. District Attorney for Kentucky who prosecuted Aaron Burr.

The Region of Southwestern Indiana

Central Time Counties	26 Gibson ♦ 62 Perry ♦ 65 Posey ♦ 74 Spencer ♦ 82 Vanderburgh ♦ 87 Warrick

Eastern Time Counties	14 Daviess ♦ 19 Dubois ♦ 42 Knox ♦ 51 Martin ♦ 63 Pike

County Seats	Boonville (87) ♦ Evansville (82) ♦ Jasper (19) ♦ Mt. Vernon (65) ♦ Petersburg (63) ♦ Princeton (26) Rockport (74) ♦ Shoals (51) ♦ Tell City (62) ♦ Vincennes (42) ♦ Washington (14)

Metropolitan & Micropolitan Areas	Evansville Metropolitan Area ♦ Jasper - Pike County Micropolitan Area ♦ Princeton Micropolitan Area Vincennes Micropolitan Area ♦ Warrick County Micropolitan Area ♦ Washington Micropolitan Area

Colleges and Universities	University of Evansville ♦ University of Southern Indiana ♦ Oakland City University (Evansville, Oakland City) ♦ Vincennes University (Vincennes, Jasper, Fort Branch) ♦ Ivy Tech Comm. College (Evansville, Princeton) ♦ ITT Technical Institute (Newburgh) ♦ Harrison College

Evansville Metropolitan Area

Central City	Evansville

Municipalities with population over 10,000 in 2007	Henderson • Princeton

Municipalities with population 1,000-10,000 in 2007	Boonville • Chandler • Darmstadt • Fort Branch • Haubstadt • Mt. Vernon • Newburgh • New Harmony • Oakland City • Owensville • Poseyville • Providence

Indiana Counties	Gibson • Posey • Vanderburgh • Warrick

Kentucky Counties	Henderson • Webster