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Columbus, GA--AL Urban Area

256,672 Population
142.8 square miles 1,796.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,553 ±$2,516 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$57,689 ±$4,836 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

18.7% ±2.5% (46,358  ±6,398) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.8 minutes ±1.4 (2,349,970  ±193,256) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

104,132 ±3,049 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (248,155  ±6,006) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.6% ±1.6% (3,579  ±1,033) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

119,969 ±2,293 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$209,700 ±$13,843 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

16.5% ±2.7% (42,021  ±6,853) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.8% ±3.6% (155,873  ±7,190.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
25.8% ±2.1% (44,838  ±3,864.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of 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

5.8% ±1.2% (14,754  ±3,064) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

13% ±1.3% (24,058  ±2,486) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
24,058 Total veterans ±2,486 19,715 Male ±2,354 4,343 Female ±1,276

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