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Columbia, MO Urban Area

148,781 Population
67.2 square miles 2,214.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 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

$42,362 ±$3,339 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$73,617 ±$6,225 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

17.3% ±2.8% (23,955  ±3,946) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

18 minutes ±1.3 (1,316,650  ±115,693) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

61,457 ±1,836 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (138,902  ±3,108) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5% ±2.5% (2,205  ±1,093) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

64,577 ±1,648 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$293,400 ±$13,615 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

19.5% ±3.1% (28,585  ±4,642.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

96% ±4.8% (84,100  ±4,878.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
56.4% ±3.7% (49,439  ±3,540.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

9.8% ±1.4% (14,534  ±2,156) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.6% ±1.3% (5,564  ±1,597) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,564 Total veterans ±1,597 4,855 Male ±1,454 709 Female ±510

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