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Columbia, SC Metro Area

856,889 Population
3,703.1 square miles 231.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,360 ±$1,057 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$67,189 ±$2,541 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

14% ±1.5% (115,324  ±12,467) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

24.4 minutes ±0.8 (8,857,415  ±355,789) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

346,000 ±4,331 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0 (827,348  ±1,774) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

4.4% ±0.9% (9,389  ±1,906) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

382,343 ±1,513 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$239,600 ±$4,374 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

13.8% ±1.1% (116,790  ±9,356.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

91.9% ±2.1% (526,998  ±12,136.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
35.9% ±1.3% (205,479  ±7,439) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

5.5% ±0.6% (46,745  ±4,712) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

10% ±0.7% (65,433  ±4,877) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
65,433 Total veterans ±4,877 54,590 Male ±3,876 10,843 Female ±1,943

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