City profile · United States · North America
Columbia
City population
142,416
#200
in United States
#1
in South Carolina
#3,984
worldwide
34.001, -81.035 · 651 km from Washington
About Columbia
Columbia is a city in South Carolina, United States with a population of 142,416. It is the 200th largest of the 3,112 cities of 15,000 or more listed in United States, and the 3,984th largest worldwide. It lies 651 km from Washington.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 34
Elevation
89 m
Time zone
America/New_York
Coordinates
34.001, -81.035
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured.
Nearby Cities
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