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The Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky tri-state area is a tri-state area where the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky intersect, and a region of the Upland South. The area is defined mainly by the television viewing area and consists of ten Illinois counties, eleven Indiana counties, and nine Kentucky counties, centered upon the Ohio and Wabash Rivers.

The 2010 population estimate of the 30-county core region is 911,613 people. With approximately 118,000 people, Evansville, Indiana, 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 and the hub for the Owensboro Metropolitan Area. The other six cities with 10,000 or more people include Harrisburg, Illinois; Henderson, Kentucky; Madisonville, Kentucky; Vincennes, Indiana; Washington, Indiana; and Jasper, Indiana. The dissecting point of the three states is the confluence of the Wabash and Ohio Rivers, near the tripoint of Gallatin County, Illinois, Posey County, Indiana, and Union County, Kentucky.

Some counties along the edges may or may not consider themselves part of the area. One of the Evansville TV stations (CW 7 WTVW) also includes Hardin and Saline Counties of Illinois; Crawford and Orange Counties of Indiana; Breckinridge, Crittenden and Grayson Counties of 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 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–Cape Girardeau or the St. Louis viewing areas and the southern edge are included in the Nashville–Clarksville viewing area.

The counties

Note: Italicized counties were included by only WTVW prior to DTV. See above map.

Illinois:

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

Indiana:

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

Kentucky:

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

Media

Major local broadcast television stations are:

• WTVW Channel 7.1 CW / 7.2 (Bounce) / 7.3 (Mystery) / 7.4 (Ion) Evansville, IN
• WNIN Channel 9.1 PBS / 9.2 (Create) Evansville, IN
• WFIE Channel 14.1 NBC / 14.2 (MeTV) / 14.3 (Circle) / 14.4 (Grit) / 14.5 (Dabl) / 14.6 (True Crime Network) / 14.7 (Defy TV) Evansville, IN
• WEHT Channel 25.1 ABC / 25.2 (Laff) / 25.3 (Cozi) / 25.4 (Rewind TV) Henderson, KY
• WKOH Channel 31.1 PBS/KET / 31.2 (PBS Encore/KET2) / 31.3 (KY Channel) / 31.4 (PBS Kids) Owensboro, KY
• WEVV Channel 44.1 CBS / 44.2 (FOX/MNTV) Evansville, IN

Other area broadcast television stations are:

• WSIL-TV Channel 3.1 ABC / 3.2 (H&I) / 3.3 (Crime) / 3.4 (Court TV) / 3.5 (Ion) Harrisburg, IL – not part of the "Tri-State" viewing area; one of the principal stations of the Paducah–Carbondale–Cape Girardeau TV market
• WZDS-LD Channel 5.1 H&I / 5.2 (Start TV) / 5.3 (Movies!) / 5.4 (Decades) / 5.5 (Story) Evansville, IN
• WYYW-CD Channel 15.1 TMD / 15.2 (FAM) / 15.3 (RTV) Evansville, IN
• WJTS-CD Channel 18.1 YTA Jasper, IN
• WTSN-CD Channel 20.1 ANT / 20.2 (TFC) Evansville, IN
• WVUT Channel 22.1 PBS / 22.2 (Create) / 22.3 (PBS Kids) Vincennes, IN
• W23BV-D Channel 23.1 3ABN / 23.2 (3ABN Proclaim) / 23.3 (3ABN Dare to Dream) / 23.4 (3ABN Latino) Evansville, IN
• WDLH-LD Channel 24.1 Azteca America Evansville, IN
• WELW-LD Channel 30.1 Court TV / 30.2 (Defy TV) / 30.3 (TrueReal) / 30.4 (Scripps News) Evansville, IN
• WEIN-LD Channel 40.1 beIN Sports Xtra / 40.2 (beIN Sports Xtra en Español) / 40.3/4/5 (Ads) Evansville, IN

The major local broadcast FM radio stations are:

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

Fifteen largest cities

• All of the cities on the list are county seats of their respective counties except Huntingburg, Indiana.
• Newburgh is currently debating annexation plans that would incorporate many of the surrounding developments, which would increase the population to as many as 12,000 people. If successful this would place the town behind Jasper on the above list. Newburgh would become the only town on the list.

Metropolitan and micropolitan areas

Metropolitan areas

Micropolitan areas

Core counties

Eastern Little Egypt (Illinois)

Population Total: 128,750

Southwestern Indiana

Population Total: 477,056

Western Coal Fields (Kentucky)

Population Total: 293,160

Daviess County

There are two counties named Daviess in the Tri-State Area, Daviess County, Indiana (/ˈdeɪviːz/), and Daviess County, Kentucky (/ˈdeɪvɪs/). 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

v t e 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 (Oakland City, Evansville) Vincennes University (Vincennes, Jasper, Fort Branch) Ivy Tech Comm. College (Evansville, Princeton)

v t e Evansville, IN–KY metropolitan statistical area
Central city	Evansville
Municipalities with population over 5,000 in 2010	Boonville Henderson Mt. Vernon Princeton
Municipalities with population 1,000-5,000 in 2010	Chandler Darmstadt Fort Branch Haubstadt Newburgh New Harmony Oakland City Owensville Poseyville Providence
Indiana counties	Gibson Posey Vanderburgh Warrick
Kentucky counties	Henderson Webster

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