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Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area

The Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metro area is made up of 4 counties in South Carolina: Greenville, Anderson, Pickens, and Laurens, largest first. About 1,014,101 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 9.3% more than in April 2020.

Anderson County, outlyingGreenville County, centralLaurens County, outlyingPickens County, centralGreenvilleGreerAnderson
Central Outlying 4 counties in South Carolina
Population, July 2025
1,014,101 9.3% more than in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
Counties
4: 2 central, 2 outlying
Land area
2,710 sq mi (7,018 km²)
Time zone
Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July
State
South Carolina
Combined statistical area
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC
CBSA code
24860
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Counties in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metro area, largest first

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025Share of the area
Greenville CountyCentral583,12557.5%
Anderson CountyOutlying219,93021.7%
Pickens CountyCentral139,19813.7%
Laurens CountyOutlying71,8487.1%

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. An outlying county is in the area because of commuting: at least a quarter of its workers have jobs in the central counties, or at least a quarter of the people working there live in them. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal cities, largest first

  1. Greenville72,935 people
  2. Greer41,536 people
  3. Anderson30,051 people
  4. Mauldin27,055 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Part of the Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 4 areas in this one, largest first:

  1. Spartanburg, SC Metro Area407,656 people
  2. Greenwood, SC Micro Area95,215 people
  3. Seneca, SC Micro Area83,775 people
  4. Gaffney, SC Micro Area58,275 people

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Spartanburg, SC Metro Area26 mi east
  2. Brevard, NC Micro Area35 mi northwest
  3. Seneca, SC Micro Area36 mi west
  4. Greenwood, SC Micro Area46 mi south
  5. Asheville, NC Metro Area52 mi north
  6. Newberry, SC Micro Area58 mi southeast

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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.

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