Editing Richland County, South Carolina (section)

==Communities==
===Cities===
* [[Cayce, South Carolina|Cayce]] (mostly in Lexington County)
* [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]] (state capital, county seat, and largest community in the county; partly in Lexington County)
* [[Forest Acres, South Carolina|Forest Acres]]

===Towns===
* [[Arcadia Lakes, South Carolina|Arcadia Lakes]]
* [[Blythewood, South Carolina|Blythewood]] (partly in Fairfield County)
* [[Eastover, South Carolina|Eastover]]
* [[Elgin, Kershaw County, South Carolina|Elgin]] (mostly in Kershaw County)
* [[Irmo, South Carolina|Irmo]] (mostly in Lexington County)

===Census-designated places===
* [[Arthurtown, South Carolina|Arthurtown]]
* [[Capitol View, South Carolina|Capitol View]]
* [[Dentsville, South Carolina|Dentsville]]
* [[Gadsden, South Carolina|Gadsden]]
* [[Hopkins, South Carolina|Hopkins]]
* [[Lake Murray of Richland, South Carolina|Lake Murray of Richland]]
* [[Olympia, South Carolina|Olympia]]
* [[St. Andrews, South Carolina|St. Andrews]]
* [[Woodfield, South Carolina|Woodfield]]

===Unincorporated communities===
* [[Bookman, South Carolina|Bookman]]
* [[Horrell Hill, South Carolina|Horrell Hill]]
* [[Pontiac, South Carolina|Pontiac]]
* [[Wateree, South Carolina|Wateree]]

===Neighborhoods===
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* Boyden Arbor
* Cedar Creek
* [[Eau Claire, South Carolina|Eau Claire]]
* Fairwold Acres
* Killian
* Kingville
* Leesburg
* Lykes
* Mountain Brook
* Riverside
* Spring Hill
* [[State Park, South Carolina|State Park]]
* [[Wateree, South Carolina|Wateree]]
* Windsor Estates
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===Regions===
* Dutch Fork
* Fort Jackson
* Intown/downtown
* Lower Richland
* Northeast Richland
* Upper Richland

===Population ranking===
The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2020 census of Richland County.<ref name="PopEstCities">{{cite web |title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2022 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711040810/https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |archive-date=July 11, 2022 |access-date=May 18, 2023 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division}}</ref>

'''†''' = ''county seat''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rank
! Name 
! Type
! Population<br/>(2020 census)
|- style="background:#fffacd;"
|1
|'''†''' '''[[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]]'''
|City
|136,632
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
|2
|[[St. Andrews, South Carolina|'''St. Andrews''']]
|CDP
|20,675
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
|3
|'''[[Dentsville, South Carolina|Dentsville]]'''
|CDP
|14,431
|- style="background:#fffacd;"
|4
|'''[[Cayce, South Carolina|Cayce]]'''
|City
|13,781
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
|5
|'''[[Irmo, South Carolina|Irmo]]'''
|Town
|11,569
|- style="background:#fffacd;"
|6
|'''[[Forest Acres, South Carolina|Forest Acres]]'''
|City
|10,617
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
|7
|'''[[Woodfield, South Carolina|Woodfield]]'''
|CDP
|9,199
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
|8
|'''[[Lake Murray of Richland, South Carolina|Lake Murray of Richland]]'''
|CDP
|8,110
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
|9
|[[Blythewood, South Carolina|'''Blythewood''']]
|Town
|4,772
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
|10
|'''[[Capitol View, South Carolina|Capitol View]]'''
|CDP
|4,653
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
|11
|'''[[Arthurtown, South Carolina|Arthurtown]]'''
|CDP
|2,294
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
|12
|'''[[Hopkins, South Carolina|Hopkins]]'''
|CDP
|2,514 
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
|13
|'''[[Elgin, Kershaw County, South Carolina|Elgin]]'''
|Town
|1,634
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
|14
|'''[[Gadsden, South Carolina|Gadsden]]'''
|CDP 
|1,301
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
|15
|'''[[Olympia, South Carolina|Olympia]]'''
|CDP
|1,087
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
|16
|[[Arcadia Lakes, South Carolina|'''Arcadia Lakes''']]
|Town
|865
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
|17
|'''[[Eastover, South Carolina|Eastover]]'''
|Town
|614
|}