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Columbus, MS

23,348 Population
25.1 square miles 931.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 38.2 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,243 ±$2,870 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: $29,086 ±$1,315
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$42,235 ±$6,142 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: $51,117 ±$3,178
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.3% ±4.3% (4,698  ±943) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 18.6% † 12,306 (±1.9% / ±1,266)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19 minutes ±2.1 (168,065  ±22,447) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 21.9 572,185 (±1.1 / ±34,558)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

10,006 ±441 Number of households
  • the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 26,952 ±512
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (22,012  ±59) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 2.5 66,192 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.4% ±3.5% (335  ±184) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 6.5% † 1,014 (±1.9% / ±300)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

11,850 ±443 Number of housing units
  • the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 31,896 ±67
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$125,700 ±$10,984 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: $150,900 ±$9,871
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.6% ±2.8% (2,877  ±645.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 11.6% † 7,755 (±1.5% / ±1,024)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.6% ±6.2% (14,440  ±1,084.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 87.4% 39,571 (±3.5% / ±1,591.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.2% ±3.6% (4,271  ±601.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 25.5% 11,552 (±1.8% / ±832.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.6% ±0.8% (617  ±183) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 2.1% 1,442
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.2% ±1.7% (1,550  ±330) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 8.2% † 4,141 (±1% / ±505)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,550 Total veterans ±330 1,429 Male ±316 121 Female ±90

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