Augusta metropolitan area | |
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Augusta-Richmond County, GA–SC metropolitan statistical area | |
Country | United States |
State | Georgia South Carolina |
Largest city | Augusta |
Other cities | Aiken |
Area | |
• Total | 4,045 sq mi (10,480 km2) |
• Land | 3,932 sq mi (10,180 km2) |
• Water | 113 sq mi (290 km2) 2.8% |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 629,429 |
• Density | 160/sq mi (60/km2) |
• Rank | 96th[1] |
GDP | |
• Total | $34.185 billion (2022) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
The Augusta metropolitan area, officially the Augusta-Richmond County metropolitan statistical area according to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Census Bureau and other agencies, is a metropolitan statistical area centered on the city of Augusta, Georgia. It straddles two U.S. states, Georgia and South Carolina, and includes the Georgia counties of Richmond, Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, and McDuffie as well as the South Carolina counties of Aiken and Edgefield. The official 2023 U.S. census estimate for the area was 629,429 residents, up from 611,000 at the 2020 U.S. census.[3]