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Columbia, SC Urban Area

605,083 Population
367.5 square miles 1,646.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,848 ±$1,195 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$66,938 ±$3,076 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

14% ±2% (81,029  ±11,516) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

22.3 minutes ±0.9 (5,854,565  ±304,958) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

246,045 ±4,535 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (578,249  ±8,004) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.1% ±0.9% (6,523  ±1,454) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

270,920 ±2,768 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$248,600 ±$5,872 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

16.3% ±1.4% (97,508  ±8,566.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

93.1% ±2.4% (366,604  ±10,651.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
41.1% ±1.7% (161,734  ±6,892.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

6.4% ±0.7% (38,976  ±4,428) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

10.1% ±0.9% (46,560  ±4,300) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
46,560 Total veterans ±4,300 38,783 Male ±3,338 7,777 Female ±1,640

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