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Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area

329,047 Population
2,786.1 square miles 118.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,213 ±$1,878 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$54,661 ±$3,072 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

20.4% ±2.4% (64,487  ±7,553) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

22.1 minutes ±0.9 (2,853,365  ±158,474) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

131,169 ±2,791 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (317,016  ±2,755) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

5.4% ±1.8% (4,187  ±1,396) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

148,190 ±1,202 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$195,100 ±$14,887 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

14.4% ±1.8% (46,690  ±5,876.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

88.7% ±3.2% (194,591  ±7,291.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
26.6% ±1.7% (58,430  ±3,772.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of 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

4% ±0.7% (13,148  ±2,416) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

12.7% ±1.2% (29,546  ±2,713) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
29,546 Total veterans ±2,713 23,965 Male ±2,156 5,581 Female ±1,424

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