Columbia metropolitan area, South Carolina

Greater Columbia, South Carolina
Greater Columbia, South Carolina
Combined Statistical Area
	Columbia–Sumter–Orangeburg, SC; Combined Statistical Area
	The South Carolina State House
Map of Columbia–Sumter–Orangeburg, SC CSA	City of Columbia Columbia, SC MSA Sumter, SC MSA Orangeburg, SC μSA Newberry, SC μSA Other counties in the (East) Midlands
	City of Columbia Columbia, SC MSA Sumter, SC MSA Orangeburg, SC μSA Newberry, SC μSA Other counties in the (East) Midlands
Country	United States
State	South Carolina
Largest city	Columbia
Other cities	- Pontiac (unincorporated); - Lexington; - West Columbia; - Sumter; - Orangeburg; - Newberry
Area
• Land	3,703 sq mi (9,590 km2)
Population (2023)
• Total	856,889
GDP
• MSA	$54.072 billion (2022)
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)

As defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, and used by the U.S. Census Bureau for statistical purposes only, the Columbia, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area, is an area consisting of six counties in central South Carolina, anchored by the city of Columbia. The current population has an estimation of 856,889. 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. Columbia-Sumter-Orangeburg combined metropolitan statistical area has a population of 1,082,699 as of 2023.