As defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, and used by the U.S. Census Bureau for statistical purposes only,See section 5 for definition and proper use of metropolitan statistical area
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, anchored by the city of

Columbia Columbia may refer to: * Columbia (personification), the historical female national personification of the United States, and a poetic name for America Places North America Natural features * Columbia Plateau, a geologic and geographic region i ...

. The current population has an estimation of 837,092. It is the second-largest metropolitan statistical area in the state of South Carolina, since the Anderson metropolitan statistical area was combined with Greenville's following the 2010 census.

Counties

* Calhoun * Fairfield * Kershaw *

Lexington Lexington may refer to: Places England * Laxton, Nottinghamshire, formerly Lexington Canada * Lexington, a district in Waterloo, Ontario United States * Lexington, Kentucky, the largest city with this name * Lexington, Massachusetts, the oldes ...

* Richland * Saluda

Communities

Places with more than 100,000 inhabitants

(Principal city)

Places with 50,000 to 100,000 inhabitants

Pontiac Pontiac may refer to: *Pontiac (automobile), a car brand *Pontiac (Ottawa leader) ( – 1769), a Native American war chief Places and jurisdictions Canada *Pontiac, Quebec, a municipality ** Apostolic Vicariate of Pontiac, now the Roman Catholic D ...

(census county division)

Places with 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants

St. Andrews St Andrews ( la, S. Andrea(s); sco, Saunt Aundraes; gd, Cill Rìmhinn) is a town on the east coast of Fife in Scotland, southeast of Dundee and northeast of Edinburgh. St Andrews had a recorded population of 16,800 , making it Fife's four ...

(census-designated place)

Places with 10,000 to 20,000 inhabitants

* Cayce * Dentsville (census-designated place) * Forest Acres * Horrell Hill (census county division) * Irmo * Oak Grove (census-designated place) * Red Bank (census-designated place) *

Seven Oaks Seven Oaks or Sevenoaks may refer to: Canada * Seven Oaks (electoral district), in Winnipeg, 1956–89 * Seven Oaks General Hospital, Winnipeg * Seven Oaks School Division * Seven Oaks House Museum * Seven Oaks Sportsplex * Battle of Seven Oaks ...

(census-designated place) * West Columbia

Places with 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants

* Batesburg-Leesville * Camden * Lake Murray of Richland (census-designated place) * Lugoff (census-designated place) * Woodfield (census-designated place)

Places with 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants

* Arthurtown (census-designated place) * Blythewood * Capitol View (census-designated place) * Chapin * Elgin * Gadsden *

Gaston Gaston is a masculine given name of French origin and a surname. The name "Gaston" may refer to: People First name *Gaston I, Count of Foix (1287–1315) *Gaston II, Count of Foix (1308–1343) *Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331–1391) * Gaston ...

Hopkins Hopkins is an English, Welsh and Irish patronymic surname. The English name means "son of Hob". ''Hob'' was a diminutive of ''Robert'', itself deriving from the Germanic warrior name ''Hrod-berht'', translated as "renowned-fame". The Robert spe ...

(census-designated place) * Olympia (census-designated place) *

Pelion Pelion or Pelium (Modern el, Πήλιο, ''Pílio''; Ancient Greek/ Katharevousa: Πήλιον, ''Pēlion'') is a mountain at the southeastern part of Thessaly in northern Greece, forming a hook-like peninsula between the Pagasetic Gulf and the ...

* Pine Ridge * Saluda * St. Matthews * South Congaree * Springdale * Winnsboro Mills (census-designated place) * Winnsboro

Places with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants

* Arcadia Lakes * Bethune *

Cameron Cameron may refer to: People * Clan Cameron, a Scottish clan * Cameron (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Cameron (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) ;Mononym * Cam'ron (born 1 ...

* Eastover *

Gilbert Gilbert may refer to: People and fictional characters *Gilbert (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Gilbert (surname), including a list of people Places Australia * Gilbert River (Queensland) * Gilbert River (South A ...

* Ridge Spring * Ridgeway *

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Swansea Swansea (; cy, Abertawe ) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the C ...

Unincorporated places

Antioch Antioch on the Orontes (; grc-gre, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου, ''Antiókheia hē epì Oróntou'', Learned ; also Syrian Antioch) grc-koi, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου; or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπ� ...

* Boyden Arbor * Boykin * Cassatt * Creston * Feasterville * Fort Motte * Harbison * Hilton * Killian * Kingville * Liberty Hill * Lone Star * Lykes * Mitford * Mount Willing * Sandy Run * Spring Hill *

State Park State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision. State parks are typically established by a state to preserve a location on account of its natural ...

* Wateree * Westville * White Rock * Windsor Estates

Demographics

As of the

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses inc ...

of 2010, there were 767,598 people, 294,881 households, and 193,598 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 60.40%

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, 33.20%

African American African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ens ...

, 0.40% Native American, 1.70% Asian, 0.10%

Pacific Islander Pacific Islanders, Pasifika, Pasefika, or rarely Pacificers are the peoples of the Pacific Islands. As an ethnic/ racial term, it is used to describe the original peoples—inhabitants and diasporas—of any of the three major subregions of O ...

, 2.30% from

other races Other often refers to: * Other (philosophy), a concept in psychology and philosophy Other or The Other may also refer to: Film and television * ''The Other'' (1913 film), a German silent film directed by Max Mack * ''The Other'' (1930 film), a ...

, and 2.00% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 5.10% of the population. The median income for a household in the MSA was $49,238, and the median income for a family was $61,972. Males had a median income of $43,658 versus $35,891 for females. The

per capita income Per capita income (PCI) or total income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. It is calculated by dividing the area's total income by its total population. Per capita i ...

for the MSA was $25,615.

Combined statistical area

The Columbia combined statistical area is made up of seven counties in central South Carolina. The statistical area includes one

metropolitan area A metropolitan area or metro is a region that consists of a densely populated urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories sharing industries, commercial areas, transport network, infrastructures and housing. A metro area usually ...

. As of the 2015 Census estimates, the CSA had a population of 937,288 and is the second-largest CSA in the state. * Metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) ** Columbia (Calhoun, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Richland, and Saluda Counties) * Micropolitan statistical areas ** Newberry (Newberry County) ** Orangeburg (Orangeburg County)

References

{{authority control Metropolitan areas of South Carolina