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Columbia, MO

130,913 Population
67.6 square miles 1,937.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.4 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 34.3 ±0.4
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Missouri: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$43,658 ±$3,864 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: $41,952 ±$2,393
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $40,284 ±$341
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$80,543 ±$9,233 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: $80,142 ±$6,440
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $71,589 ±$703
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16% ±2.5% (19,300  ±3,055) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 14.8% † 30,360 (±2.1% / ±4,214)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Missouri: 12.3% 745,363 (±0.4% / ±25,704)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

16.7 minutes ±1 (1,084,840  ±86,099) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 19.8 2,068,695 (±0.9 / ±123,318)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Missouri: 24 64,725,120 (±0.3 / ±854,277)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

53,283 ±1,700 Number of households
  • the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 88,462 ±1,678
  • Missouri: 2,563,244 ±10,377
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (121,047  ±334) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 2.3 205,968 (±0.1 / ±2,011)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,082,606
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.6% ±2.6% (1,773  ±991) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 5.2% † 3,072 (±2.1% / ±1,248)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 5.2% 73,794 (±0.3% / ±4,585)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

56,162 ±1,568 Number of housing units
  • the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 94,654 ±777
  • Missouri: 2,858,527 ±391
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$311,700 ±$23,756 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: $289,500 ±$12,091
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $254,400 ±$2,059
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

21% ±3.6% (27,120  ±4,613) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 17.3% † 37,096 (±2.4% / ±5,103.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12.1% 747,755 (±0.4% / ±22,870.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

95.8% ±5.3% (72,925  ±4,626.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 94.9% 128,564 (±4.1% / ±5,728.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 92% 3,959,346 (±0.7% / ±31,243.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
58.6% ±4.1% (44,561  ±3,368.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 49.5% 66,984 (±3.1% / ±4,209.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 33.5% 1,440,376 (±0.4% / ±19,147.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

10.7% ±1.7% (14,022  ±2,163) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 7% † 15,344 (±1% / ±2,176)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 4.9% 308,514
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.4% ±1.3% (4,764  ±1,412) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 5.5% † 9,503 (±1.1% / ±1,902)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 7% 340,990 (±0.2% / ±9,503)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,764 Total veterans ±1,412 4,055 Male ±1,285 709 Female ±510

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