| Golden Triangle Area | |
| Official Name: | Starkville–Columbus, MS Combined Statistical Area |
| Settlement Type: | Combined Statistical Area |
| Image Alt: | Cotton District in Starkville |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
| Subdivision Type2: | Principal cities |
| Subdivision Name2: | Columbus Starkville |
| Subdivision Type3: | Other cities |
| Timezone: | CST |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
The Starkville–Columbus, MS Combined Statistical Area was formerly known as Columbus–West Point was defined as consisting of Clay and Lowndes counties in northeastern Mississippi, which were separately treated as the West Point Micropolitan Statistical Area and Columbus Micropolitan Statistical Area, respectively. As of the 2000 census, the CSA had a population of 83,565.
The metropolitan area delineations published by the Office of Management and Budget in February 2013 no longer include Clay County as a micropolitan statistical area and they no longer treat the two counties as a combined statistical area.[1] When the 2023 core-based statistical areas were defined, the Columbus micropolitan area and the Starkville micropolitan area were combined, and the West Point micropolitan area was no longer defined[2]
As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 83,565 people, 31,001 households, and 22,290 families residing within the CSA. The racial makeup of the CSA was 52.88% White, 45.44% African American, 0.14% Native American, 0.44% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.34% from other races, and 0.74% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.05% of the population.
The median income for a household in the CSA was $29,748, and the median income for a family was $36,855. Males had a median income of $30,915 versus $20,057 for females. The per capita income for the CSA was $15,513.