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Columbus city, Franklin County, OH

886,365 Population
215.7 square miles 4,109.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.4 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Franklin County: 35.1 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ohio: 39.9 ±0.2

Economics

$36,404 ±$1,149 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $41,989 ±$944
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ohio: $39,395 ±$295
$62,245 ±$2,481 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $71,680 ±$1,308
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ohio: $67,769 ±$731

18.4% ±1.4% (158,167  ±11,938) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Franklin County: 15% 193,988 (±1% / ±13,325)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,527,904 (±0.3% / ±36,156)

21 minutes ±0.4 (8,292,335  ±258,993) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Franklin County: 21.3 12,149,670 (±0.4 / ±307,295)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 23.5 117,693,450 (±0.2 / ±1,002,392)

Families

386,084 ±4,424 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 561,634 ±3,420
  • Ohio: 4,917,309 ±10,812
2.2 ±0 (861,036  ±1,310) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Franklin County: 2.3 1,295,073 (±0 / ±1,042)
  • a little less than the figure in Ohio: 2.3 11,489,821

4.9% ±0.9% (12,049  ±2,315) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Franklin County: 5% † 17,239 (±0.7% / ±2,552)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 145,372 (±0.3% / ±7,594)

Housing

417,536 ±3,752 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 601,843 ±467
  • Ohio: 5,317,134 ±790

$264,700 ±$6,632 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $301,000 ±$5,997
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $220,200 ±$1,285

20.6% ±1.2% (180,140  ±10,383.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Franklin County: 17.6% 230,369 (±1% / ±13,025.4)
  • nearly double the rate in Ohio: 11.4% 1,329,235 (±0.3% / ±30,430.1)

Social

89.1% ±1.9% (523,839  ±11,999.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Franklin County: 91.3% 815,612 (±1.7% / ±14,792.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Ohio: 91.9% 7,508,950 (±0.5% / ±41,800.5)
39.4% ±1.3% (231,831  ±7,669.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 43.6% 389,660 (±1.1% / ±9,755.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 32% 2,618,045 (±0.3% / ±24,734.6)

19.5% ±1.5% (162,196  ±12,406.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Franklin County: 17% 210,445 (±1% / ±12,157.4)
  • more than double the rate in Ohio: 8.2% 912,387 (±0.2% / ±20,968.4)

15% ±1.1% (132,487  ±9,652) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Franklin County: 13.2% 175,282
  • more than double the rate in Ohio: 5.3% 621,863

4.7% ±0.5% (32,771  ±3,350) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 5.1% 51,869 (±0.4% / ±3,963)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ohio: 6.5% 594,535 (±0.1% / ±11,864)
32,771 Total veterans ±3,350 28,531 Male ±3,327 4,240 Female ±1,449

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