Country United States Area 10,476 km² Largest city Augusta | Time zone EST (UTC-5) Population 202,003 (2013) | |
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Area code(s) 478, 706, 762, 803, 864, Area code | ||
The Augusta metropolitan area is a metropolitan area in the U.S. states of Georgia and South Carolina centered on the principal city of Augusta. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Census Bureau and other agencies define Augusta's Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area, as comprising Richmond, Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, Wilkes, Glascock, Jefferson, Jenkins, Screven, and McDuffie Counties in Georgia and Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Edgefield, McCormick, and Saluda in South Carolina. As of the 2010 Census, the area had a population of 556,877, though a 2014 estimate of it was at 583,632.
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Places with more than 100,000 inhabitants
Places with 10,000 to 40,000 inhabitants
Places with 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 499,684 people, 184,801 households, and 132,165 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 60.81% White, 35.09% African American, 0.32% Native American, 1.42% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 0.85% from other races, and 1.43% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.40% of the population.
The median income for a household in the MSA was $36,933, and the median income for a family was $42,869. Males had a median income of $34,574 versus $22,791 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $17,652.