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Columbus, GA

195,418 Population
216.5 square miles 902.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 35.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,709 ±$718 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: $27,061 ±$563
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $32,427 ±$189
$47,418 ±$1,891 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: $48,903 ±$1,451
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Georgia: $61,224 ±$306

20% ±1.4% (37,752  ±2,541) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 18.6% 56,769 (±1.1% / ±3,205)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Georgia: 14.3% 1,461,572 (±0.2% / ±17,326)

20.3 minutes ±0.7 (1,588,045  ±69,587) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 22.6 2,901,440 (±0.5 / ±79,977)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Georgia: 28.7 128,631,090 (±0.1 / ±696,696)

Families

73,648 ±914 Number of households
  • the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 120,480 ±1,211
  • Georgia: 3,830,264 ±8,096
2.6 ±0 (188,422  ±783) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 2.5 305,669 (±0 / ±1,154)
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 2.7 10,253,888 (±0)

4.5% ±0.8% (2,147  ±395) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 5.1% † 3,806 (±0.7% / ±516)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 134,386 (±0.1% / ±3,625)

Housing

85,012 ±318 Number of housing units
  • the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 140,611 ±476
  • Georgia: 4,329,675 ±661

$142,900 ±$5,275 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: $146,300 ±$4,394
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Georgia: $190,200 ±$860

21.1% ±1.5% (40,778  ±2,973.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 19% 60,051 (±1.1% / ±3,352.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 14.5% 1,509,147 (±0.2% / ±15,979.9)

Social

88.2% ±2.1% (112,507  ±2,667.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 87.7% 185,832 (±1.5% / ±3,275.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 87.9% 6,147,772 (±0.3% / ±23,903)
27.5% ±1.3% (35,091  ±1,624.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 25.1% 53,286 (±0.9% / ±1,872.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 32.2% 2,252,662 (±0.2% / ±13,897.1)

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

5.2% ±0.5% (10,111  ±964) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 4.8% 15,191 (±0.4% / ±1,266)
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 10.2% 1,068,027 (±0.1% / ±12,154)

13.9% ±0.8% (19,607  ±1,142) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area: 13.9% 32,239 (±0.5% / ±1,265)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 7.9% 625,251 (±0.1% / ±7,372)
19,607 Total veterans ±1,142 16,509 Male ±994 3,098 Female ±484

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