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Columbus County, NC

50,453 Population
938.1 square miles 53.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$26,755 ±$1,411 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$48,184 ±$5,406 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

18.8% ±2.4% (9,006  ±1,135) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

28.2 minutes ±1.6 (514,940  ±35,553) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

19,227 ±415 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.5 ±0.1 (47,929  ±141) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

4.7% ±1.4% (481  ±144) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

23,560 ±85 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$128,300 ±$9,583 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

8.1% ±1.3% (4,024  ±666.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

86.5% ±3.5% (30,905  ±1,245.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
15.1% ±1.4% (5,382  ±510.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

2.2% (1,095  ±224) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.7% ±1% (2,671  ±385) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
2,671 Total veterans ±385 2,346 Male ±359 325 Female ±124

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