Columbus (/kəˈlʌmbəs/; kə-lum-bəs) is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Ohio. It is the 15th largest city in the United States,[17] with a population of 835,957 (2014 estimate).[13] It is the core city of the Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which encompasses a ten county area.[18] It is the third largest metropolitan area in Ohio, behind Cleveland and Cincinnati (which includes portions of Kentucky and Indiana).