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Columbus metropolitan area, Georgia
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<p>The Columbus metropolitan area, officially the Columbus metropolitan statistical area, and colloquially known as the Chattahoochee Valley, is a <a href="/facts/Metropolitan_statistical_area/Y2yX0KJg">metropolitan statistical area</a> consisting of six counties in the <a href="/facts/U.S._state/PFwcRIYQ">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/facts/Georgia_(U.S._state)/KKnTDY6F">Georgia</a> and one county in <a href="/facts/Alabama/1Xk8EveN">Alabama</a>, anchored by the city of <a href="/facts/Columbus,_Georgia/jKDqM2qq">Columbus</a>. </p><p>At the <a href="/facts/2020_United_States_census/dTEm5TRr">2020 U.S. census</a>, the Columbus area had a population of 328,883; in 2022, the <a href="/facts/United_States_Census_Bureau/heKtzoXX">U.S. Census Bureau</a> estimated the Columbus MSA's population to be 324,110. </p><p>The Columbus metropolitan area is a component of the <a href="/facts/Columbus-Auburn-Opelika_(GA-AL)_Combined_Statistical_Area/zox5FAzW">Columbus-Auburn-Opelika (GA-AL) combined statistical area</a>, a trading and marketing region. It is split between the <a href="/facts/Eastern_Time_Zone/jP4S8j1V">eastern time zone</a>, the time zone of the Georgia metropolitan counties, and <a href="/facts/Central_Time_Zone/5UBgAgqS">central time zone</a>, the time zone of <a href="/facts/Russell_County,_Alabama/zV2FjmoK">Russell County, Alabama</a>. The Columbus metropolitan area is one of two metropolitan areas split between multiple time zones, with the other being the <a href="/facts/Chattanooga_metropolitan_area/xlELa3rV">Chattanooga metropolitan area</a> in Tennessee. </p>