Augusta metropolitan area

Augusta Metropolitan Area
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Augusta-Richmond County, GA–SC Metropolitan Statistical Area
Downtown Augusta
Map of Augusta-Richmond County, GA–SC MSA   City of Augusta   City of Aiken   Augusta, GA–SC MSA
Country	United States
State	Georgia South Carolina
Largest city	Augusta
Other cities	Aiken
Area
• Total	4,045 sq mi (10,480 km2)
• Land	3,932 sq mi (10,180 km2)
• Water	113 sq mi (290 km2)  2.8%
Population  (2023)
• Total	629,429
• Density	160/sq mi (60/km2)
• Rank	96th[1]
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area codes	478, 706, 762, 803, 839, 864

The Augusta metropolitan area, officially the Augusta-Richmond County metropolitan statistical area according to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Census Bureau and other agencies, is a metropolitan statistical area centered on the city of Augusta, Georgia. It straddles two U.S. states, Georgia and South Carolina, and includes the Georgia counties of Richmond, Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, and McDuffie as well as the South Carolina counties of Aiken and Edgefield. The official 2023 U.S. census estimate for the area was 629,429 residents, up from 611,000 at the 2020 U.S. census.^[2]