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Columbia, SC Urban Area

610,536 Population
367.7 square miles 1,660.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,463 ±$1,441 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$72,237 ±$2,965 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

13.9% ±1.8% (81,524  ±10,480) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.4 minutes ±0.8 (6,420,905  ±318,479) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

250,518 ±3,724 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0 (584,750  ±9,125) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.1% ±0.9% (4,851  ±1,474) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

273,463 ±2,755 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$279,600 ±$7,156 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

15.7% ±1.5% (95,301  ±9,335.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.4% ±2.7% (377,342  ±11,878.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
42.2% ±1.8% (170,662  ±7,737.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

8.4% ±1.1% (50,984  ±6,541) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

8.7% ±0.9% (40,920  ±4,180) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
40,920 Total veterans ±4,180 33,922 Male ±3,588 6,998 Female ±2,032

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