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Columbia, KY

4,842 Population
4.9 square miles 993.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.9 ±3.7 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Adair County: 40.1 ±1.5
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,077 ±$13,546 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Adair County: $27,705 † ±$4,153
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$45,221 ±$8,960 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Adair County: $50,316 ±$4,419
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

22.5% ±7.9% (824  ±291) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Adair County: 18% † 3,208 (±3.1% / ±546)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

16.9 minutes ±3.6 (26,000  ±7,121) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Adair County: 28 † 185,835 (±3 / ±23,466)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

1,558 ±161 Number of households
  • Adair County: 6,986 ±239
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.4 ±0.2 (3,664  ±37) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Adair County: 2.6 17,798 (±0.1 / ±32)
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

1.4% ±1.4% (23  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Adair County: 2.6% † 110 (±1.4% / ±61)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

1,895 ±200 Number of housing units
  • Adair County: 8,632 ±24
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$123,500 ±$24,805 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Adair County: $134,800 ±$13,358
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

31.5% ±7.1% (1,501  ±338.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Adair County: 14.8% † 2,783 (±2.6% / ±481.5)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

80.6% ±10.3% (2,130  ±322.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Adair County: 85.8% 10,986 (±5.1% / ±662.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
19.8% ±6.6% (524  ±179.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Adair County: 18.8% † 2,402 (±2.7% / ±348)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

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

9.3% ±4.1% (450  ±200) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Adair County: 3.4% 638
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

4.6% ±2.4% (188  ±99) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Adair County: 8% † 1,224 (±1.4% / ±209)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
188 Total veterans ±99 161 Male ±88 27 Female ±30

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