West Georgia (region)

West Georgia
Region
Downtown Columbus
West Georgia highlighted in green
Location of Georgia within the United States
Country	United States
State	Georgia
Largest city	Columbus
Population (2020)
• Total	368,953
Demonym	West Georgian
Website	georgia.org/regions/west-georgia

West Georgia is a sixteen-county region in the U.S. state of Georgia, bordering Alabama.^[1] Encompassing a portion of the Southern Rivers, West Georgia is anchored by Columbus, the state's second-largest city by population; its metropolitan statistical area, as of 2020, was Georgia's fourth-most populous metropolitan area. Tabulating the region's counties, West Georgia had a 2020 U.S. census population of 368,953.

Geography

According to the Georgia Department of Economic Development, West Georgia made up the following counties: Chattahoochee, Clay, Crisp, Dooly, Harris, Macon, Marion, Muscogee, Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor, and Webster.

References

↑ "West Central South - Region 8". Georgia Department of Economic Development. Retrieved 2023-12-29.

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