Southern Illinois - Microregions - Metro East

Metro East

See also: Metro East and River Bend (Illinois)

The most populous region of Southern Illinois, it is the Illinois side of the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area. Noted areas are Cahokia Mounds, the American Bottom, and East St. Louis, which has had a turbulent history related to industrialization and labor, immigration and the struggle for equal rights.

  • Population: 702,579

Counties

  • Clinton
  • Jersey
  • Madison
  • Monroe
  • St. Clair
  • Bond
  • Calhoun
  • Macoupin

Principal cities

  • Belleville (St. Clair)
  • Alton (Madison)
  • Granite City (Madison)
  • O'Fallon (St. Clair)
  • East St. Louis (St. Clair)
  • Collinsville (Madison)
  • Edwardsville (Madison)

City populations

  • 44,478
  • 31,000
  • 29,849
  • 28,281
  • 27,006
  • 26,016
  • 24,293

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Famous quotes containing the word east:

    “The East is marvellously interesting for tracing our steps back. But for going forward, it is nothing. All it can hope for is to be fertilised by Europe, so that it can start on a new phase.”
    —D.H. (David Herbert)