Columbia, South Carolina Metro Area Population 1950-2024
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Columbia, South Carolina metro area from 1950 to 2024. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Columbia, South Carolina in 2024 is 766,000, a 1.46% increase from 2023.
- The metro area population of Columbia, South Carolina in 2023 was 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.
| Other Cities in United States |
| City Name |
Population |
| New York City |
19,034,000 |
| Los Angeles |
12,598,000 |
| Chicago |
8,984,000 |
| Houston |
6,802,000 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth |
6,655,000 |
| Miami |
6,317,000 |
| Atlanta |
6,193,000 |
| Philadelphia |
5,821,000 |
| Washington DC |
5,545,000 |
| Phoenix |
4,777,000 |
| Boston |
4,367,000 |
| Seattle |
3,549,000 |
| Detroit |
3,528,000 |
| San Diego |
3,345,000 |
| San Francisco |
3,343,000 |
| Minneapolis |
3,014,000 |
| Tampa |
3,009,000 |
| Denver |
2,963,000 |
| Las Vegas |
2,953,000 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino |
2,631,000 |
| San Antonio |
2,491,000 |
| Baltimore |
2,370,000 |
| Charlotte |
2,321,000 |
| Austin |
2,274,000 |
| Portland |
2,243,000 |
| Sacramento |
2,243,000 |
| St. Louis |
2,242,000 |
| Orlando |
2,101,000 |
| Indianapolis |
1,903,000 |
| San Jose |
1,834,000 |
| Cincinnati |
1,787,000 |
| Cleveland |
1,771,000 |
| Kansas City |
1,739,000 |
| Columbus |
1,727,000 |
| Pittsburgh |
1,708,000 |
| Raleigh |
1,629,000 |
| Virginia Beach |
1,496,000 |
| Milwaukee |
1,463,000 |
| Jacksonville |
1,345,000 |
| Nashville |
1,333,000 |
| Salt Lake City |
1,214,000 |
| Providence |
1,210,000 |
| Memphis |
1,179,000 |
| Richmond |
1,151,000 |
| Louisville |
1,126,000 |
| McAllen |
1,100,000 |
| Oklahoma City |
1,027,000 |
| Tucson |
1,024,000 |
| Hartford |
1,024,000 |
| New Orleans |
1,021,000 |
| El Paso |
996,000 |
| Temecula-Murrieta |
994,000 |
| Albuquerque |
967,000 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford |
967,000 |
| Cape Coral |
957,000 |
| Honolulu |
920,000 |
| Buffalo |
886,000 |
| Birmingham |
871,000 |
| Omaha |
868,000 |
| Provo-Orem |
859,000 |
| Fresno |
803,000 |
| Tulsa |
799,000 |
| Knoxville |
796,000 |
| Allentown |
793,000 |
| Baton Rouge |
776,000 |
| Columbia, South Carolina |
766,000 |
| Sarasota-Bradenton |
765,000 |
| Ogden-Layton |
761,000 |
| Charleston-North Charleston |
756,000 |
| Rochester |
753,000 |
| Dayton |
750,000 |
| Bakersfield |
741,000 |
| Concord |
704,000 |
| The Woodlands |
701,000 |
| Colorado Springs |
701,000 |
| Springfield |
685,000 |
| Mission Viejo |
653,000 |
| Albany |
642,000 |
| Grand Rapids |
610,000 |
| Victorville-Hesperia-Apple Valley |
607,000 |
| New Haven |
604,000 |
| Kissimmee |
600,000 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale |
575,000 |
| Des Moines |
573,000 |
| Harrisburg |
572,000 |
| Akron |
568,000 |
| Greenville |
568,000 |
| Worcester |
567,000 |
| Port St. Lucie |
565,000 |
| Winston-Salem |
545,000 |
| Wichita |
544,000 |
| Little Rock |
539,000 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne |
539,000 |
| Lancaster-Palmdale |
538,000 |
| Reno |
538,000 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh |
533,000 |
| Lancaster |
526,000 |
| Daytona Beach-Port Orange |
514,000 |
| Toledo |
513,000 |
| Madison |
513,000 |
| Indio-Cathedral City-Palm Springs |
504,000 |
| Boise City |
476,000 |
| Bonita Springs-Naples |
472,000 |
| Denton-Lewisville |
469,000 |
| Concord |
467,000 |
| Spokane |
465,000 |
| Visalia |
465,000 |
| Augusta-Richmond County |
461,000 |
| Stockton |
456,000 |
| Jackson, Mississippi |
441,000 |
| Durham |
439,000 |
| Santa Clarita |
434,000 |
| Chattanooga |
433,000 |
| Myrtle Beach |
432,000 |
| Modesto |
427,000 |
| Syracuse |
425,000 |
| Huntsville |
414,000 |
| Oxnard |
407,000 |
| Round Lake Beach-McHenry-Grayslake |
394,000 |
| Lafayette |
390,000 |
| Montgomery |
380,000 |
| Antioch |
376,000 |
| Asheville |
376,000 |
| Greensboro |
376,000 |
| Scranton |
376,000 |
| Springfield, Missouri |
369,000 |
| Lakeland |
369,000 |
| Pensacola |
361,000 |
| Fort Collins |
359,000 |
| Fayetteville |
358,000 |
| Corpus Christi |
355,000 |
| Youngstown |
353,000 |
| Fort Wayne |
348,000 |
| Lexington-Fayette |
347,000 |
| Flint |
345,000 |
| Savannah |
343,000 |
| Laredo |
340,000 |
| Trenton |
339,000 |
| Santa Rosa |
339,000 |
| Mobile |
337,000 |
| Ann Arbor |
336,000 |
| Rockford |
333,000 |
| Lansing |
331,000 |
| Shreveport |
329,000 |
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Columbia, South Carolina - Historical Population Data
|
| Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
| 2024 |
766,000 |
1.46% |
| 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% |
