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Columbus, GA

194,160 Population
216.4 square miles 897.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 35.2 ±0.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 36.8 ±0.3

Economics

$24,819 ±$1,334 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: $24,808 ±$1,157
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $31,187 ±$330
$47,288 ±$3,943 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: $49,731 ±$4,120
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $58,756 ±$711

20.1% ±2.7% (37,726  ±5,100) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 18.8% † 55,656 (±2.1% / ±6,311)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Georgia: 14.3% 1,468,642 (±0.3% / ±34,068)

19.4 minutes ±1 (1,492,845  ±98,653) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 21.8 2,717,425 (±1 / ±150,959)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Georgia: 29 133,615,450 (±0.2 / ±1,207,568)

Families

72,862 ±2,063 Number of households
  • the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 114,607 ±2,743
  • Georgia: 3,803,012 ±14,400
2.6 ±0.1 (187,699  ±2,002) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 2.6 295,812 (±0.1 / ±3,679)
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 2.7 10,254,913 (±0)

6.3% ±2.8% (3,061  ±1,365) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 6.5% † 4,789 (±2.1% / ±1,530)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Georgia: 4.7% 122,525 (±0.2% / ±5,675)

Housing

85,018 ±774 Number of housing units
  • the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 135,253 ±1,376
  • Georgia: 4,326,266 ±415

$141,700 ±$8,330 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: $147,200 ±$7,238
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Georgia: $189,900 ±$1,427

24.9% ±3.5% (47,738  ±6,749.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 22.4% † 67,979 (±2.6% / ±7,949.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 14.4% 1,500,659 (±0.4% / ±37,489.9)

Social

87.4% ±4.1% (110,953  ±5,268.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 87.5% 175,924 (±3.2% / ±6,732.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 87.6% 6,112,073 (±0.6% / ±42,377.1)
24.6% ±2.3% (31,259  ±2,944.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 23.2% 46,569 (±1.7% / ±3,443.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 31.9% 2,224,033 (±0.4% / ±24,994.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2017 5-year data

4.3% ±0.9% (8,304  ±1,751) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 3.7% † 11,237 (±0.8% / ±2,305)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 10.1% 1,064,073 (±0.2% / ±23,643)

14.8% ±1.7% (20,796  ±2,316) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 14.5% 32,191 (±1.3% / ±2,969)
  • nearly double the rate in Georgia: 7.6% 609,508 (±0.2% / ±13,134)
20,796 Total veterans ±2,316 17,189 Male ±1,824 3,607 Female ±1,088

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