Greenville, South Carolina metropolitan area

The Greenville Metropolitan Area is the metropolitan area encompassing Greenville, South Carolina. The United States Office of Management and Budget designates it the Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area, a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) used by the Census Bureau and other agencies. According to the OMB, the MSA comprises Greenville, Anderson, Pickens, and Laurens Counties and the principal cities of Greenville, Mauldin and Anderson. As of 2013, the MSA had a population of 850,965, making it the most populous in the state. A larger, 10-county region known as the Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson Combined Statistical Area composes of most of the Upstate region. It had a population of 1,438,550 as of 2013, an increase of 5.61% from 2010, making it the 11th fastest growing CSA in the country.[1]

Counties

CountyPopulation
Greenville451,225
Anderson187,126
Pickens119,224
Laurens66,537
Total:824,112

Communities

Places with more than 60,000 inhabitants

Places with 20,000 to 60,000 inhabitants

Places with 10,000 to 20,000 inhabitants

Places with 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants

Places with 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants

Places with less than 1,000 inhabitants

Unincorporated places

Demographics

As of the 2010 Census, there were 824,112 people, 321,113 households, and 218,531 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 77.1% White, 16.5% African American, 0.3% Native American, 1.5% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 2.8% from other races, and 1.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.9% of the population. The median income for a household in the MSA as of 2013 was $43,225 while the per capita income was $23,805. The median age in 2013 was 38.2 years old.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2013 Metropolitan Area Profile". Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  2. ↑ Easley lies in two counties – Pickens and Anderson. Most of the city is in Pickens County with a very small portion extending into neighboring Anderson County. The small portion of Easley in Anderson County is considered part of the Anderson Metropolitan Statistical Area.
  3. ↑ "Market Profile". Greenville SC. United States Census Bureau. 2013. Retrieved May 30, 2014.