Killeen–Temple metropolitan area
metropolitan statistical area in Texas, United States
Killeen–Temple is a metropolitan statistical area in Central Texas that covers three counties: Bell, Coryell, and Lampasas. As of the 2025 census estimates, the MSA had a population of 511,497.
Similar to how the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area of North Texas is often called the Metroplex, locals sometimes refer to this area as the Centroplex.
Counties
Communities
The following are cities, towns, and villages categorized based on the United States Census Bureau 2025 population estimates. No population estimates are released for census-designated places (CDPs), which are marked with an asterisk (*). These places are categorized based on their 2020 Census population.
Principal Cities
Killeen (161,883)
Temple (98,412)
Places with 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants
Copperas Cove (40,118)
Harker Heights (35,195)
Fort Hood* (28,295)
Belton (25,964)
Places with 1,000 to 20,000 inhabitants
Places with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants
Unincorporated places
Demographics
As of the census of 2020, there were 475,367 people, 155,894 households, and 106,779 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 52.0% White (Non-Hispanic White 45.9%), 19.6% African American, 0.9% Native American, 2.7% Asian, 1.0% Pacific Islander, 8.6% from other races, and 13.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 24.0% of the population.
The median income for a household in the MSA was $36,349 and the median income for a family was $40,386. Males had a median income of $27,529 versus $21,396 for females.
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