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POPULATION
& DEMOGRAPHICS
The Augusta-Aiken Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA),
with a population of nearly half a million, includes Columbia,
Richmond (Augusta) and McDuffie counties in Georgia and
Aiken and Edgefield counties in South Carolina.
GROWTH
& PROMINENCE
The Augusta-Aiken MSA is the second largest metropolitan
are in the state. Between 1990 - 2000, the Augusta-Aiken MSA
stood second in rate of growth among Georgia's MSAs., posting
a 14.3% population increase. The area's projected population
for the year 2003 is 491,180 reflecting a 2.9% increase.
KEY
STATISTICS
| County |
1990
|
2000
|
Chamber
% CHANGE
1990- 2000 |
Projected
growth 2003
|
%
CHANGE
2000 - 2003 |
| Richmond |
190,440
|
199,775
|
4.9
|
203,160
|
1.7% |
| Columbia |
66,900
|
89,288
|
66,900
|
108,550
|
21.6% |
| Burke |
20,540
|
22,243
|
20,540
|
23,090
|
3.8% |
| Augusta-Aiken
MSA |
417,810
|
463,080
|
417,810
|
491,180
|
2.9% |
RACE/ETHNICITY - 2000
PERCENTAGE
|
Richmond
County
|
Columbia
County
|
 |
 |
INCOME - 1999
| Per
Capita Income |
|
Number
Households |
| Richmond |
$16,518
|
Richmond |
71,312
|
| Columbia |
$22,221
|
Columbia |
31,243
|
|
|
| Median
Income |
Median
Household Size |
| Richmond |
$30,686
|
Richmond |
2.7
|
| Columbia |
$50,203
|
Columbia |
3.3
|
2000
AGE DISTRIBUTION
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