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Columbus, GA

201,877 Population
216.5 square miles 932.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 36.2 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 37.9 ±0.2

Economics

$32,826 ±$2,998 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: $33,213 ±$1,878
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $39,685 ±$352
$51,835 ±$3,127 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: $54,661 ±$3,072
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $74,632 ±$833

21.5% ±3.4% (42,199  ±6,625) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 20.4% † 64,487 (±2.4% / ±7,553)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 13.6% 1,461,317 (±0.4% / ±38,018)

19.8 minutes ±1.1 (1,510,365  ±120,589) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 22.1 2,853,365 (±0.9 / ±158,474)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Georgia: 28.7 128,833,304 (±0.2 / ±1,204,493)

Families

82,007 ±2,241 Number of households
  • the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 131,169 ±2,791
  • Georgia: 4,150,138 ±14,424
2.4 ±0.1 (196,200  ±103) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 2.4 317,016 (±0.1 / ±2,755)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 † 10,774,563 (±,133.9 / ±-555,555,600)

5.2% ±2.4% (2,613  ±1,180) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 5.4% † 4,187 (±1.8% / ±1,396)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 141,228 (±0.3% / ±6,907)

Housing

92,934 ±59 Number of housing units
  • the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 148,190 ±1,202
  • Georgia: 4,610,506 ±467

$198,200 ±$19,956 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: $195,100 ±$14,887
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $323,000 ±$1,915

15.9% ±2.8% (31,763  ±5,584.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 14.4% † 46,690 (±1.8% / ±5,876.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 12.6% 1,369,769 (±0.3% / ±34,280.3)

Social

87.9% ±4.4% (117,503  ±5,986.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 88.7% 194,591 (±3.2% / ±7,291.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 89.3% 6,653,783 (±0.6% / ±43,866.7)
28.2% ±2.5% (37,692  ±3,303.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 26.6% 58,430 (±1.7% / ±3,772.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 35.4% 2,637,795 (±0.4% / ±27,056)

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

5.1% ±13,965.8% (10,245  ±2,229) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 4% † 13,148 (±0.7% / ±2,416)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 11.6% † 1,274,462 (±,582.1% / ±24,182)

12.8% ±1.5% (18,466  ±2,221) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 12.7% 29,546 (±1.2% / ±2,713)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 608,198 (±0.2% / ±13,207)
18,466 Total veterans ±2,221 14,614 Male ±1,807 3,852 Female ±1,284

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