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Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area

328,206 Population
2,786.1 square miles 117.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,124 ±$1,982 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$60,100 ±$4,158 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

18.2% ±2.4% (57,399  ±7,568) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24 minutes ±1.4 (3,085,465  ±234,770) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

128,387 ±2,647 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (315,542  ±2,524) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.9% ±1.4% (4,701  ±1,152) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

148,682 ±1,402 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$224,600 ±$12,565 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

15.3% ±2.2% (49,782  ±7,014.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90% ±3.4% (199,295  ±7,950.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
27.6% ±2.1% (61,104  ±4,651.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of 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

5.1% ±0.9% (16,633  ±2,846) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

12.2% ±1.2% (28,963  ±2,865) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
28,963 Total veterans ±2,865 23,774 Male ±2,540 5,189 Female ±1,397

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