page_title: Savannah metropolitan area
hierarchical_section_title: Savannah metropolitan area
caption_attribution_description: Locator map of the Savannah-Hinesville-Fort Stewart Combined Statistical Area in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. The two components of the CSA are colored separately: Savannah Metropolitan Statistical Area: red Hinesville-Fort Stewart Metropolitan Statistical Area: yellow
context_page_description: The Savannah metropolitan area is centered on the principal city of Savannah, Georgia. The official name given by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget is the Savannah, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is used for statistical purposes by the United States Census Bureau and other entities. The OMB defines this area as consisting of Bryan, Chatham, and Effingham counties in Georgia; its total population was estimated at 393,353 in 2019. In the official 2010 census, the Savannah MSA had a population of 347,611, an 18.6 percent increase from the 2000 population of 293,000. The Savannah MSA is the third most populous of fourteen Georgia MSAs as well as one of the fastest-growing metro areas in the state for the period 2000–2010.
context_section_description: The Savannah metropolitan area is centered on the principal city of Savannah, Georgia. The official name given by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the Savannah, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is used for statistical purposes by the United States Census Bureau and other entities. The OMB defines this area as consisting of Bryan, Chatham, and Effingham counties in Georgia; its total population was estimated at 393,353 in 2019. In the official 2010 census, the Savannah MSA had a population of 347,611, an 18.6 percent increase from the 2000 population of 293,000. The Savannah MSA is the third most populous of fourteen Georgia MSAs (ranked after Atlanta and 
  Augusta) as well as one of the fastest-growing metro areas in the state for the period 2000–2010 (exceeded only by Atlanta, Gainesville, Warner Robins and Brunswick).
caption: Map outlining the Savannah–Hinesville–Statesboro CSA
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