West Georgia (region)

West Georgia
Region
Downtown Columbus
West Georgia highlighted in green
Location of Georgia within the United States
CountryUnited States
StateGeorgia
Largest cityColumbus
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
368,953
DemonymWest Georgian
Websitegeorgia.org/regions/west-georgia

West Georgia is a sixteen-county region in the U.S. state of Georgia, bordering Alabama. Encompassing a portion of the Southern Rivers, West Georgia is anchored by Columbus, the state's second-largest city by population; its metropolitan statistical area, as of 2020, was Georgia's fourth-most populous metropolitan area. Tabulating the region's counties, West Georgia had a 2020 US census population of 368,953.