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Spartanburg, SC Metro Area

The Spartanburg, SC metro area is made up of 2 counties in South Carolina: Spartanburg and Union. About 407,656 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 14.8% more than in April 2020.

Spartanburg County, centralUnion County, outlyingSpartanburg
Central Outlying 2 counties in South Carolina
Population, July 2025
407,656 14.8% more than in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
Counties
2: 1 central, 1 outlying
Land area
1,322 sq mi (3,424 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
43900
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Counties in the Spartanburg, SC metro area, largest first

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025Share of the area
Spartanburg CountyCentral380,85793.4%
Union CountyOutlying26,7996.6%

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 county, 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 city

  1. Spartanburg38,910 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. Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area1,014,101 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. Gaffney, SC Micro Area17 mi northeast
  2. Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area26 mi west
  3. Forest City, NC Micro Area27 mi north
  4. Newberry, SC Micro Area50 mi south
  5. Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area65 mi east
  6. Columbia, SC Metro Area85 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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