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Columbus, MS

23,616 Population
25 square miles 942.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±3.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 37.4 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$28,006 ±$2,782 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: $29,149 ±$1,406
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$40,588 ±$6,596 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: $51,587 ±$3,925
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

21.6% ±3.8% (4,814  ±836) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 18.2% 12,128 (±1.8% / ±1,192)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

17.8 minutes ±1.6 (155,470  ±19,901) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 21 562,315 (±0.8 / ±28,968)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

9,975 ±459 Number of households
  • the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 26,615 ±555
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.2 ±0.1 (22,227  ±48) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 2.5 66,574 (±0.1 / ±37)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

6.9% ±3.5% (378  ±195) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 6.6% † 1,047 (±1.7% / ±267)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

11,941 ±542 Number of housing units
  • the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 31,772 ±48
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$121,200 ±$10,687 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: $138,600 ±$8,151
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

15.6% ±3.6% (3,628  ±830) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 12.7% † 8,537 (±1.8% / ±1,192.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

86.6% ±5.7% (13,948  ±1,046.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 86.9% 39,476 (±3.2% / ±1,450)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
25.8% ±3.3% (4,160  ±556.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 24.3% 11,029 (±1.7% / ±760.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

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

2% ±0.6% (467  ±151) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 2% 1,368
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

7.9% ±1.8% (1,483  ±346) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 7.8% † 3,941 (±0.8% / ±409)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
1,483 Total veterans ±346 1,347 Male ±334 136 Female ±101

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