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Columbus, NE Urban Area

25,858 Population
13.5 square miles 1,917.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,050 ±$1,836 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,858 ±$4,701 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.9% ±2.4% (2,770  ±624) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.4 minutes ±1.8 (190,580  ±23,702) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

10,318 ±274 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (25,443  ±403) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.5% ±3.1% (445  ±165) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

10,771 ±247 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$215,600 ±$8,792 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.6% ±2.8% (2,945  ±716.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89% ±4.6% (14,954  ±843.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.9% ±2.6% (3,670  ±445.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

15.4% ±2.1% (3,975  ±544) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.7% ±1.2% (1,081  ±220) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,081 Total veterans ±220 1,038 Male ±218 43 Female ±44

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