West Georgia | |
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Region | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Downtown_Columbus,_Georgia_skyline.jpg) Downtown Columbus | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Regions_of_Georgia_(US_state).png) West Georgia highlighted in green | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Map_of_USA_GA.svg) Location of Georgia within the United States | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Georgia |
| Largest cities | Columbus Americus Cordele Cusseta |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 368,953 |
| Demonym | West Georgian |
| Website | georgia |
West Georgia is a sixteen-county region in the U.S. state of Georgia, bordering Alabama.[1] 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 U.S. census population of 368,953. Largest cities in the region: Columbus (pop. 206,998), Americus (pop. 16,201), Cordele (pop. 10,173), Cusseta (pop. 9,481).
- ^ "West Central South - Region 8". Georgia Department of Economic Development. Retrieved 2023-12-29.