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Columbia, SC

142,083 Population
138.3 square miles 1,027.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.7 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 38.3 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.5 ±0.1

Economics

$41,423 ±$4,302 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: $37,360 ±$1,057
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $38,097 ±$443
$52,943 ±$4,774 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: $67,189 ±$2,541
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $67,804 ±$1,049

20.1% ±4.4% (23,922  ±5,268) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 14% † 115,324 (±1.5% / ±12,467)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 13.9% 726,799 (±0.5% / ±24,733)

17.4 minutes ±0.8 (1,099,450  ±59,429) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 25.1 9,046,385 (±0.3 / ±153,176)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

58,713 ±2,481 Number of households
  • the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 346,000 ±4,331
  • South Carolina: 2,177,733 ±10,033
2 ±0.1 (118,147  ±623) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 2.4 827,348 (±0 / ±1,774)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,234,462

3.5% ±1.3% (1,591  ±607) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 4.4% † 9,389 (±0.9% / ±1,906)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 67,375 (±0.4% / ±4,960)

Housing

68,601 ±2,810 Number of housing units
  • the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 382,343 ±1,513
  • South Carolina: 2,490,327 ±211

$269,100 ±$22,507 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: $239,600 ±$4,374
  • about the same as the amount in South Carolina: $272,900 ±$2,295

26.8% ±3.1% (37,574  ±4,363.3) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 13.8% 116,790 (±1.1% / ±9,356.5)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 12.4% 661,235 (±0.4% / ±23,384.2)

Social

89.3% ±4.8% (78,581  ±5,411.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 91.9% 526,998 (±2.1% / ±12,136.6)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 90.2% 3,378,472 (±0.9% / ±33,037.7)
47.4% ±3.6% (41,715  ±3,663.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 35.9% 205,479 (±1.3% / ±7,439)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Carolina: 32.9% 1,232,848 (±0.5% / ±19,277.1)

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

7.2% ±2.2% (10,186  ±3,131) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 5.5% † 46,745 (±0.6% / ±4,712)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.9% 316,438

6.5% ±1.3% (7,306  ±1,494) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 10% 65,433 (±0.7% / ±4,877)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 8.4% 349,871 (±0.3% / ±11,007)
7,306 Total veterans ±1,494 6,287 Male ±1,470 1,019 Female ±552

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