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Columbus, NE Micro Area

45,357 Population
1,086.6 square miles 41.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,056 ±$1,382 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$75,378 ±$3,203 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.1% ±1.6% (4,074  ±730) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.4 minutes ±1.1 (359,320  ±25,625) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

17,365 ±237 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0 (44,862  ±27) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8% ±2.1% (742  ±193) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

18,322 ±44 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$210,600 ±$8,897 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.6% ±1.7% (3,855  ±771.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.9% ±3.6% (25,558  ±1,044.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.2% ±1.8% (6,155  ±525.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths 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

16.2% (7,325  ±723) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.4% ±0.9% (1,766  ±307) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,766 Total veterans ±307 1,702 Male ±303 64 Female ±52

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