The Savannah metropolitan area is centered on the principal city of

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. The official name given by the U.S.

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(OMB) is the Savannah, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is used for statistical purposes by the

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and other entities. The OMB defines this area as consisting of Bryan, Chatham, and Effingham counties in Georgia; its total population was 404,798 in the official 2020 U.S. Census, compared to 347,611 in the 2010 census (an increase of 16.45%). Savannah is the third most populous of fourteen Georgia metropolitan areas (ranked after

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

and Augusta). It was the fastest-growing metro area in the state for the period 2010–2020 (followed by

, Gainesville, and Warner Robins).

Metro (MSA) Counties

Metro (MSA) Communities

(Note: "census-designated places" are unincorporated)

Places with more than 140,000 inhabitants

* Savannah (principal city)

Places with 25,000 to 50,000 inhabitants

* Pooler

Places with 10,000 to 25,000 inhabitants

* Garden City * Georgetown (

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) * Port Wentworth * Richmond Hill * Rincon * Wilmington Island (census-designated place)

Places with 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants

* Skidaway Island (census-designated place) * Whitemarsh Island (census-designated place)

Places with 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants

* Bloomingdale * Guyton *

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(census-designated place) * Montgomery (census-designated place) * Pembroke * Springfield *

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Places with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants

* Vernonburg

Unincorporated places with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants

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* Pin Point

Metro (MSA) Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 293,000 people, 111,105 households, and 76,405 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 61.24%

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, 34.87%

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, 0.26% Native American, 1.49%

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, 0.06%

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, 0.82% from

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, and 1.26% from two or more races.

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of any race were 2.18% of the population. The median income for a household in the MSA was $44,201, and the median income for a family was $50,052. Males had a median income of $37,992 versus $24,777 for females. The

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for the MSA was $19,940.

Combined Statistical Area (CSA)

The Savannah–

Hinesville Hinesville is a city in Liberty County, Georgia, United States, located on the Atlantic coastal plain. The population was 33,437 at the 2010 census and an estimated 33,273 in 2019. The city is the county seat of Liberty County. It is the princ ...

– Statesboro Combined Statistical Area (CSA) is made up of seven counties in Georgia. The 2019 U.S. Census estimated population for this area was 583,882, up from 525,844 at the 2010 Census.

CSA Components

Two Metropolitan Statistical Areas ( MSAs) and two Micropolitan Statistical Areas ( μSAs) form the Savannah–Hinesville–Statesboro CSA. Total CSA population (2020): 597,465

References

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