Columbus Metro Area Population 1950-2025
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Columbus metro area from 1950 to 2025. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Columbus in 2025 is 1,746,000, a 1.1% increase from 2024.
- The metro area population of Columbus in 2024 was 1,727,000, a 1.11% increase from 2023.
- The metro area population of Columbus in 2023 was 1,708,000, a 1.24% increase from 2022.
- The metro area population of Columbus in 2022 was 1,687,000, a 1.26% increase from 2021.
| Other Cities in United States |
| City Name |
Population |
| New York City |
19,154,000 |
| Los Angeles |
12,678,000 |
| Chicago |
9,042,000 |
| Houston |
6,890,000 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth |
6,732,000 |
| Miami |
6,372,000 |
| Atlanta |
6,272,000 |
| Philadelphia |
5,861,000 |
| Washington DC |
5,600,000 |
| Phoenix |
4,834,000 |
| Boston |
4,396,000 |
| Seattle |
3,581,000 |
| Detroit |
3,543,000 |
| San Diego |
3,373,000 |
| San Francisco |
3,363,000 |
| Tampa |
3,040,000 |
| Minneapolis |
3,039,000 |
| Las Vegas |
3,000,000 |
| Denver |
2,995,000 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino |
2,664,000 |
| San Antonio |
2,525,000 |
| Baltimore |
2,387,000 |
| Charlotte |
2,367,000 |
| Austin |
2,313,000 |
| Sacramento |
2,269,000 |
| Portland |
2,265,000 |
| St. Louis |
2,256,000 |
| Orlando |
2,129,000 |
| Indianapolis |
1,925,000 |
| San Jose |
1,848,000 |
| Cincinnati |
1,801,000 |
| Cleveland |
1,780,000 |
| Kansas City |
1,754,000 |
| Columbus |
1,746,000 |
| Pittsburgh |
1,716,000 |
| Raleigh |
1,661,000 |
| Virginia Beach |
1,505,000 |
| Milwaukee |
1,473,000 |
| Jacksonville |
1,360,000 |
| Nashville |
1,350,000 |
| Salt Lake City |
1,226,000 |
| Providence |
1,217,000 |
| Memphis |
1,188,000 |
| Richmond |
1,162,000 |
| Louisville |
1,136,000 |
| McAllen |
1,116,000 |
| Oklahoma City |
1,037,000 |
| Tucson |
1,034,000 |
| Hartford |
1,032,000 |
| New Orleans |
1,030,000 |
| Temecula-Murrieta |
1,019,000 |
| El Paso |
1,006,000 |
| Albuquerque |
978,000 |
| Cape Coral |
975,000 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford |
973,000 |
| Honolulu |
928,000 |
| Buffalo |
890,000 |
| Birmingham |
879,000 |
| Omaha |
876,000 |
| Provo-Orem |
875,000 |
| Fresno |
811,000 |
| Tulsa |
807,000 |
| Knoxville |
807,000 |
| Allentown |
800,000 |
| Baton Rouge |
785,000 |
| Columbia, South Carolina |
777,000 |
| Sarasota-Bradenton |
772,000 |
| Ogden-Layton |
771,000 |
| Charleston-North Charleston |
765,000 |
| Rochester |
758,000 |
| Dayton |
754,000 |
| Bakersfield |
751,000 |
| The Woodlands |
723,000 |
| Concord |
710,000 |
| Colorado Springs |
709,000 |
| Springfield |
691,000 |
| Mission Viejo |
658,000 |
| Albany |
647,000 |
| Victorville-Hesperia-Apple Valley |
619,000 |
| Grand Rapids |
614,000 |
| Kissimmee |
612,000 |
| New Haven |
608,000 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale |
587,000 |
| Des Moines |
579,000 |
| Harrisburg |
578,000 |
| Greenville |
576,000 |
| Port St. Lucie |
574,000 |
| Worcester |
572,000 |
| Akron |
571,000 |
| Winston-Salem |
552,000 |
| Wichita |
548,000 |
| Lancaster-Palmdale |
546,000 |
| Little Rock |
545,000 |
| Reno |
545,000 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne |
544,000 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh |
538,000 |
| Lancaster |
532,000 |
| Daytona Beach-Port Orange |
522,000 |
| Madison |
519,000 |
| Toledo |
516,000 |
| Indio-Cathedral City-Palm Springs |
511,000 |
| Boise City |
482,000 |
| Bonita Springs-Naples |
479,000 |
| Concord |
478,000 |
| Visalia |
475,000 |
| Denton-Lewisville |
474,000 |
| Spokane |
470,000 |
| Augusta-Richmond County |
465,000 |
| Stockton |
461,000 |
| Jackson, Mississippi |
446,000 |
| Durham |
444,000 |
| Santa Clarita |
442,000 |
| Myrtle Beach |
441,000 |
| Chattanooga |
437,000 |
| Modesto |
431,000 |
| Syracuse |
427,000 |
| Huntsville |
420,000 |
| Oxnard |
410,000 |
| Round Lake Beach-McHenry-Grayslake |
399,000 |
| Lafayette |
396,000 |
| Montgomery |
385,000 |
| Asheville |
381,000 |
| Antioch |
380,000 |
| Greensboro |
380,000 |
| Scranton |
378,000 |
| Springfield, Missouri |
374,000 |
| Lakeland |
374,000 |
| Fort Collins |
363,000 |
| Pensacola |
363,000 |
| Fayetteville |
361,000 |
| Corpus Christi |
358,000 |
| Youngstown |
354,000 |
| Fort Wayne |
351,000 |
| Lexington-Fayette |
351,000 |
| Flint |
347,000 |
| Savannah |
347,000 |
| Laredo |
344,000 |
| Trenton |
341,000 |
| Santa Rosa |
341,000 |
| Mobile |
339,000 |
| Ann Arbor |
338,000 |
| Rockford |
336,000 |
| Lansing |
333,000 |
| Shreveport |
332,000 |
|
Columbus - Historical Population Data
|
| Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
| 2025 |
1,746,000 |
1.10% |
| 2024 |
1,727,000 |
1.11% |
| 2023 |
1,708,000 |
1.24% |
| 2022 |
1,687,000 |
1.26% |
| 2021 |
1,666,000 |
1.34% |
| 2020 |
1,644,000 |
1.42% |
| 2019 |
1,621,000 |
1.44% |
| 2018 |
1,598,000 |
1.91% |
| 2017 |
1,568,000 |
1.88% |
| 2016 |
1,539,000 |
1.92% |
| 2015 |
1,510,000 |
1.89% |
| 2014 |
1,482,000 |
1.93% |
| 2013 |
1,454,000 |
1.89% |
| 2012 |
1,427,000 |
1.86% |
| 2011 |
1,401,000 |
1.97% |
| 2010 |
1,374,000 |
1.85% |
| 2009 |
1,349,000 |
1.89% |
| 2008 |
1,324,000 |
1.92% |
| 2007 |
1,299,000 |
1.88% |
| 2006 |
1,275,000 |
1.92% |
| 2005 |
1,251,000 |
1.87% |
| 2004 |
1,228,000 |
1.91% |
| 2003 |
1,205,000 |
1.95% |
| 2002 |
1,182,000 |
1.90% |
| 2001 |
1,160,000 |
1.84% |
| 2000 |
1,139,000 |
1.88% |
| 1999 |
1,118,000 |
1.82% |
| 1998 |
1,098,000 |
1.86% |
| 1997 |
1,078,000 |
1.79% |
| 1996 |
1,059,000 |
1.83% |
| 1995 |
1,040,000 |
1.86% |
| 1994 |
1,021,000 |
1.79% |
| 1993 |
1,003,000 |
1.83% |
| 1992 |
985,000 |
1.86% |
| 1991 |
967,000 |
1.79% |
| 1990 |
950,000 |
1.50% |
| 1989 |
936,000 |
1.19% |
| 1988 |
925,000 |
1.31% |
| 1987 |
913,000 |
1.22% |
| 1986 |
902,000 |
1.35% |
| 1985 |
890,000 |
1.25% |
| 1984 |
879,000 |
1.27% |
| 1983 |
868,000 |
1.17% |
| 1982 |
858,000 |
1.30% |
| 1981 |
847,000 |
1.32% |
| 1980 |
836,000 |
0.72% |
| 1979 |
830,000 |
0.48% |
| 1978 |
826,000 |
0.61% |
| 1977 |
821,000 |
0.49% |
| 1976 |
817,000 |
0.49% |
| 1975 |
813,000 |
0.62% |
| 1974 |
808,000 |
0.50% |
| 1973 |
804,000 |
0.50% |
| 1972 |
800,000 |
0.63% |
| 1971 |
795,000 |
0.51% |
| 1970 |
791,000 |
2.06% |
| 1969 |
775,000 |
2.38% |
| 1968 |
757,000 |
2.57% |
| 1967 |
738,000 |
2.50% |
| 1966 |
720,000 |
2.56% |
| 1965 |
702,000 |
2.48% |
| 1964 |
685,000 |
2.54% |
| 1963 |
668,000 |
2.45% |
| 1962 |
652,000 |
2.52% |
| 1961 |
636,000 |
2.42% |
| 1960 |
621,000 |
3.33% |
| 1959 |
601,000 |
3.44% |
| 1958 |
581,000 |
3.57% |
| 1957 |
561,000 |
3.51% |
| 1956 |
542,000 |
3.44% |
| 1955 |
524,000 |
3.56% |
| 1954 |
506,000 |
3.48% |
| 1953 |
489,000 |
3.38% |
| 1952 |
473,000 |
3.50% |
| 1951 |
457,000 |
3.63% |
| 1950 |
441,000 |
0.00% |
