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Columbia, MO

129,328 Population
67.3 square miles 1,921.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.4 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 34 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Missouri: 39.3 ±0.2

Economics

$35,629 ±$2,433 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: $36,318 ±$1,651
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $38,699 ±$393
$62,972 ±$4,460 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: $69,375 ±$5,639
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $68,545 ±$900

18.3% ±2.9% (21,740  ±3,507) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 14.5% † 29,480 (±1.9% / ±3,837)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12% 720,210 (±0.4% / ±24,684)

16.5 minutes ±1.5 (1,000,405  ±105,902) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 19.3 1,937,365 (±1.4 / ±160,945)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Missouri: 23.6 62,492,340 (±0.2 / ±849,274)

Families

53,894 ±1,853 Number of households
  • the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 87,256 ±1,890
  • Missouri: 2,556,271 ±10,804
2.2 ±0.1 (119,318  ±824) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 2.3 203,770 (±0.1 / ±2,219)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 † 6,033,157 (±,217.3 / ±-555,555,600)

4.3% ±2.1% (1,695  ±828) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 4.6% † 2,749 (±1.6% / ±956)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 5.5% 78,185 (±0.4% / ±5,180)

Housing

57,998 ±1,657 Number of housing units
  • the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 94,271 ±897
  • Missouri: 2,844,440 ±583

$281,100 ±$26,822 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: $259,100 ±$17,617
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $233,600 ±$2,397

25.9% ±3.7% (33,076  ±4,672.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 18.3% † 39,014 (±2.3% / ±4,973.2)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 12.1% 739,002 (±0.4% / ±22,558.4)

Social

95.2% ±4.9% (72,860  ±4,338.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 94.5% 126,746 (±3.8% / ±5,293.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 92% 3,915,999 (±0.7% / ±29,203.5)
55.9% ±3.9% (42,807  ±3,220.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 49% 65,684 (±2.8% / ±3,834)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 33.2% 1,413,984 (±0.4% / ±18,155.5)

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

7.6% ±1.8% (9,861  ±2,270) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 5.8% † 12,437 (±1.1% / ±2,370)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 4.8% † 296,832 (±,429.5% / ±12,018)

4.7% ±1% (5,074  ±1,097) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 5.2% † 8,980 (±0.8% / ±1,319)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 7.1% 341,191 (±0.2% / ±8,649)
5,074 Total veterans ±1,097 4,350 Male ±1,045 724 Female ±540

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