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Columbia, MO Urban Area

141,811 Population
67.2 square miles 2,110.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.9 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,551 ±$1,876 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$63,314 ±$4,000 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

18.2% ±2.7% (23,974  ±3,649) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

17.3 minutes ±1.5 (1,165,820  ±117,887) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

59,320 ±1,956 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.2 ±0.1 (131,753  ±3,308) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.4% ±2% (1,898  ±857) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

63,534 ±1,639 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$263,400 ±$23,607 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

24.3% ±3.4% (34,025  ±4,766.7) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

95.3% ±4.4% (79,961  ±4,480.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
56.8% ±3.5% (47,637  ±3,345.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

7.5% ±1.7% (10,572  ±2,366) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.6% ±1% (5,328  ±1,148) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
5,328 Total veterans ±1,148 4,604 Male ±1,065 724 Female ±540

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