List of metropolitan areas of South Carolina

This is a list of metropolitan areas of South Carolina, a state in the Southeastern United States. It is bordered to the north by North Carolina; to the south and west by Georgia, located across the Savannah River; and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean.

Greenville is the largest metropolitan and combined statistical area in South Carolina.^[1]

Columbia is the second largest city, metropolitan, and combined statistical area in South Carolina.^[2]

Charleston is the largest city in South Carolina but third largest metropolitan area.^[3]

Rank	Metropolitan statistical area (MSA)	Population (2020)[4][5]
1	Greenville-Anderson-Greer	928,195
2	Columbia	829,470
3	Charleston-North Charleston	799,636
4	Spartanburg	355,241
5	Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach	351,029
6	Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal	215,908
7	Florence	199,964
8	Sumter	105,556
	Total	3,784,999

Rank	Combined Statistical Area	Population (2020)
1	Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson	1,487,610
2	Columbia-Sumter-Orangeburg	951,412
3	Myrtle Beach-Conway	551,126
	Total	2,990,148

See also

• Table of United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas
• Table of United States Combined Statistical Areas