Columbia, South Carolina Metro Area Population 1950-2023
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Columbia, South Carolina metro area from 1950 to 2023. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Columbia, South Carolina in 2023 is 755,000, a 1.62% increase from 2022.
- The metro area population of Columbia, South Carolina in 2022 was 743,000, a 1.78% increase from 2021.
- The metro area population of Columbia, South Carolina in 2021 was 730,000, a 1.96% increase from 2020.
- The metro area population of Columbia, South Carolina in 2020 was 716,000, a 2.14% increase from 2019.
| Other Cities in United States |
| City Name |
Population |
| New York City |
18,937,000 |
| Los Angeles |
12,534,000 |
| Chicago |
8,937,000 |
| Houston |
6,707,000 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth |
6,574,000 |
| Miami |
6,265,000 |
| Atlanta |
6,106,000 |
| Philadelphia |
5,785,000 |
| Washington DC |
5,490,000 |
| Phoenix |
4,717,000 |
| Boston |
4,344,000 |
| Detroit |
3,521,000 |
| Seattle |
3,519,000 |
| San Francisco |
3,328,000 |
| San Diego |
3,319,000 |
| Minneapolis |
2,990,000 |
| Tampa |
2,977,000 |
| Denver |
2,931,000 |
| Las Vegas |
2,899,000 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino |
2,595,000 |
| San Antonio |
2,454,000 |
| Baltimore |
2,355,000 |
| Charlotte |
2,267,000 |
| St. Louis |
2,230,000 |
| Austin |
2,228,000 |
| Portland |
2,220,000 |
| Sacramento |
2,215,000 |
| Orlando |
2,071,000 |
| Indianapolis |
1,881,000 |
| San Jose |
1,821,000 |
| Cincinnati |
1,775,000 |
| Cleveland |
1,764,000 |
| Kansas City |
1,725,000 |
| Columbus |
1,708,000 |
| Pittsburgh |
1,702,000 |
| Raleigh |
1,591,000 |
| Virginia Beach |
1,488,000 |
| Milwaukee |
1,455,000 |
| Jacksonville |
1,330,000 |
| Nashville |
1,315,000 |
| Providence |
1,205,000 |
| Salt Lake City |
1,203,000 |
| Memphis |
1,170,000 |
| Richmond |
1,140,000 |
| Louisville |
1,116,000 |
| McAllen |
1,081,000 |
| Oklahoma City |
1,018,000 |
| Hartford |
1,016,000 |
| Tucson |
1,014,000 |
| New Orleans |
1,013,000 |
| El Paso |
985,000 |
| Temecula-Murrieta |
965,000 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford |
961,000 |
| Albuquerque |
955,000 |
| Cape Coral |
935,000 |
| Honolulu |
912,000 |
| Buffalo |
884,000 |
| Birmingham |
863,000 |
| Omaha |
860,000 |
| Provo-Orem |
840,000 |
| Fresno |
795,000 |
| Tulsa |
791,000 |
| Allentown |
785,000 |
| Knoxville |
784,000 |
| Baton Rouge |
767,000 |
| Sarasota-Bradenton |
757,000 |
| Columbia, South Carolina |
755,000 |
| Ogden-Layton |
750,000 |
| Rochester |
749,000 |
| Dayton |
746,000 |
| Charleston-North Charleston |
745,000 |
| Bakersfield |
730,000 |
| Concord |
698,000 |
| Colorado Springs |
693,000 |
| Springfield |
680,000 |
| The Woodlands |
675,000 |
| Mission Viejo |
648,000 |
| Albany |
638,000 |
| Grand Rapids |
606,000 |
| New Haven |
600,000 |
| Victorville-Hesperia-Apple Valley |
593,000 |
| Kissimmee |
585,000 |
| Akron |
566,000 |
| Des Moines |
566,000 |
| Harrisburg |
565,000 |
| Worcester |
562,000 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale |
560,000 |
| Greenville |
559,000 |
| Port St. Lucie |
556,000 |
| Wichita |
539,000 |
| Winston-Salem |
537,000 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne |
534,000 |
| Little Rock |
533,000 |
| Reno |
531,000 |
| Lancaster-Palmdale |
528,000 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh |
527,000 |
| Lancaster |
519,000 |
| Toledo |
511,000 |
| Madison |
507,000 |
| Daytona Beach-Port Orange |
506,000 |
| Indio-Cathedral City-Palm Springs |
496,000 |
| Boise City |
470,000 |
| Bonita Springs-Naples |
464,000 |
| Denton-Lewisville |
463,000 |
| Spokane |
461,000 |
| Augusta-Richmond County |
456,000 |
| Concord |
454,000 |
| Visalia |
452,000 |
| Stockton |
451,000 |
| Jackson, Mississippi |
436,000 |
| Durham |
434,000 |
| Chattanooga |
430,000 |
| Santa Clarita |
425,000 |
| Syracuse |
422,000 |
| Modesto |
422,000 |
| Myrtle Beach |
421,000 |
| Huntsville |
407,000 |
| Oxnard |
404,000 |
| Round Lake Beach-McHenry-Grayslake |
389,000 |
| Lafayette |
383,000 |
| Scranton |
375,000 |
| Montgomery |
374,000 |
| Greensboro |
372,000 |
| Asheville |
371,000 |
| Antioch |
370,000 |
| Springfield, Missouri |
364,000 |
| Lakeland |
364,000 |
| Pensacola |
359,000 |
| Fayetteville |
355,000 |
| Fort Collins |
354,000 |
| Corpus Christi |
353,000 |
| Youngstown |
352,000 |
| Fort Wayne |
346,000 |
| Flint |
344,000 |
| Lexington-Fayette |
344,000 |
| Savannah |
339,000 |
| Trenton |
336,000 |
| Santa Rosa |
336,000 |
| Mobile |
335,000 |
| Laredo |
334,000 |
| Ann Arbor |
333,000 |
| Rockford |
330,000 |
| Lansing |
329,000 |
| Shreveport |
327,000 |
|
Columbia, South Carolina - Historical Population Data
|
| Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
| 2023 |
755,000 |
1.62% |
| 2022 |
743,000 |
1.78% |
| 2021 |
730,000 |
1.96% |
| 2020 |
716,000 |
2.14% |
| 2019 |
701,000 |
2.19% |
| 2018 |
686,000 |
2.69% |
| 2017 |
668,000 |
2.77% |
| 2016 |
650,000 |
2.69% |
| 2015 |
633,000 |
2.76% |
| 2014 |
616,000 |
2.67% |
| 2013 |
600,000 |
2.74% |
| 2012 |
584,000 |
2.82% |
| 2011 |
568,000 |
2.71% |
| 2010 |
553,000 |
2.60% |
| 2009 |
539,000 |
2.67% |
| 2008 |
525,000 |
2.74% |
| 2007 |
511,000 |
2.82% |
| 2006 |
497,000 |
2.69% |
| 2005 |
484,000 |
2.76% |
| 2004 |
471,000 |
2.61% |
| 2003 |
459,000 |
2.68% |
| 2002 |
447,000 |
2.76% |
| 2001 |
435,000 |
2.84% |
| 2000 |
423,000 |
2.42% |
| 1999 |
413,000 |
2.48% |
| 1998 |
403,000 |
2.54% |
| 1997 |
393,000 |
2.61% |
| 1996 |
383,000 |
2.41% |
| 1995 |
374,000 |
2.47% |
| 1994 |
365,000 |
2.53% |
| 1993 |
356,000 |
2.59% |
| 1992 |
347,000 |
2.36% |
| 1991 |
339,000 |
2.73% |
| 1990 |
330,000 |
0.92% |
| 1989 |
327,000 |
0.62% |
| 1988 |
325,000 |
0.31% |
| 1987 |
324,000 |
0.62% |
| 1986 |
322,000 |
0.63% |
| 1985 |
320,000 |
0.31% |
| 1984 |
319,000 |
0.63% |
| 1983 |
317,000 |
0.63% |
| 1982 |
315,000 |
0.32% |
| 1981 |
314,000 |
0.64% |
| 1980 |
312,000 |
1.96% |
| 1979 |
306,000 |
2.68% |
| 1978 |
298,000 |
2.41% |
| 1977 |
291,000 |
2.83% |
| 1976 |
283,000 |
2.54% |
| 1975 |
276,000 |
2.60% |
| 1974 |
269,000 |
2.28% |
| 1973 |
263,000 |
2.73% |
| 1972 |
256,000 |
2.40% |
| 1971 |
250,000 |
2.88% |
| 1970 |
243,000 |
3.40% |
| 1969 |
235,000 |
3.98% |
| 1968 |
226,000 |
4.15% |
| 1967 |
217,000 |
4.33% |
| 1966 |
208,000 |
4.00% |
| 1965 |
200,000 |
4.17% |
| 1964 |
192,000 |
3.78% |
| 1963 |
185,000 |
3.93% |
| 1962 |
178,000 |
4.09% |
| 1961 |
171,000 |
4.27% |
| 1960 |
164,000 |
3.14% |
| 1959 |
159,000 |
3.25% |
| 1958 |
154,000 |
2.67% |
| 1957 |
150,000 |
3.45% |
| 1956 |
145,000 |
2.84% |
| 1955 |
141,000 |
2.92% |
| 1954 |
137,000 |
3.01% |
| 1953 |
133,000 |
3.10% |
| 1952 |
129,000 |
3.20% |
| 1951 |
125,000 |
2.46% |
| 1950 |
122,000 |
0.00% |
