Columbus is the state capital and the most populous city in Ohio. It is the 14th-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 879,170 as of 2017 estimate.

Columbus is one of the fastest growing large cities in the United States. This makes Columbus the 3rd-most populous state capital in the United States after Phoenix, Arizona and Austin, Texas and the second-most populous city in the Midwestern United States, after Chicago.

It is the core city of the Columbus, Ohio, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses ten counties. It's has a population of 2,078,725 and is Ohio's second-largest metropolitan area.

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