Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Columbus, GA--AL Urban Area

257,578 Population
142.8 square miles 1,803.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

36 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,409 ±$2,325 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$51,870 ±$2,013 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

21.3% ±3.3% (53,253  ±8,217) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

20.5 minutes ±0.8 (2,019,510  ±134,059) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

106,251 ±3,028 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (249,909  ±5,359) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5% ±2% (3,203  ±1,263) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

119,773 ±2,183 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$181,100 ±$13,388 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

15.4% ±2.3% (39,117  ±5,774.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

87.9% ±3.6% (152,747  ±6,935.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
25.6% ±2% (44,407  ±3,580.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of 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

4.3% ±0.9% (11,000  ±2,213) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

11.9% ±1.4% (22,093  ±2,580) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
22,093 Total veterans ±2,580 17,918 Male ±2,217 4,175 Female ±1,152

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.