The Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area, also known as Greater Lafayette, is an area consisting of three counties in Indiana, anchored by the cities of Lafayette and West Lafayette, as defined by the United States Census Bureau. As of the July 1, 2021, the MSA had an estimated population of 224,709. Metro area population in 2021 is 237,130 and was 235,066 in 2020, a growth of 16% over 2010. In 2010, the Lafayette, Indiana, metro area population was 210,297.