Columbia metropolitan area, South Carolina

Greater Columbia, South Carolina
Combined Statistical Area
Columbia–Sumter–Orangeburg, SC Combined Statistical Area
The South Carolina State House
Map of Columbia–Sumter–Orangeburg, SC CSA   City of Columbia   Columbia, SC MSA   Sumter, SC MSA   Orangeburg, SC μSA   Newberry, SC μSA
Country	United States
State	South Carolina
Largest city	Columbia
Other cities	- Pontiac (unincorporated)  - Lexington  - West Columbia  - Sumter  - Orangeburg  - Newberry
Area
• Land	9,590 km2 (3,703 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)

As defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, and used by the U.S. Census Bureau for statistical purposes only,^[1] the Columbia, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area, is an area consisting of six counties in central South Carolina, anchored by the city of Columbia. The current population has an estimation of 837,092. It is the second-largest metropolitan statistical area in the state of South Carolina, since the Anderson metropolitan statistical area was combined with Greenville's following the 2010 census.