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Columbia County, GA

162,419 Population
290.2 square miles 559.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±0.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$41,309 ±$2,776 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Georgia: $38,378 ±$332
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$93,307 ±$6,566 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Georgia: $72,837 ±$640
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

7.7% ±2.1% (12,473  ±3,306) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 12.7% 1,348,344 (±0.4% / ±37,893)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

26.2 minutes ±0.9 (1,813,480  ±80,304) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 28.4 125,025,400 (±0.1 / ±677,251)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

55,346 ±1,781 Number of households
  • Georgia: 4,092,467 ±12,679
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.9 ±0.1 (161,382  ±46) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,662,548
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

6.1% ±2.6% (2,382  ±998) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 5.7% 151,128 (±0.4% / ±9,289)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

61,873 ±26 Number of housing units
  • Georgia: 4,539,156 ±441
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$291,100 ±$16,194 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Georgia: $297,400 ±$1,891
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

17% ±3.8% (27,305  ±6,076.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,442,802 (±0.3% / ±34,081)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

93.2% ±5.7% (102,641  ±6,356.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 89.5% 6,564,044 (±0.6% / ±46,130)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
37.5% ±3.8% (41,263  ±4,166.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 34.7% 2,544,114 (±0.4% / ±26,526.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

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

7.8% (12,610  ±2,671) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 10.7% 1,168,022
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

15.1% ±2.4% (17,867  ±2,824) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 7.3% 607,506 (±0.2% / ±14,039)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
17,867 Total veterans ±2,824 13,970 Male ±2,119 3,897 Female ±1,438

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