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Columbus, MS Micro Area

68,920 Population
1,200.6 square miles 57.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$30,250 ±$2,969 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$52,139 ±$7,311 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.1% ±5.2% (10,854  ±3,532) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.9 minutes ±1.1 (572,185  ±34,558) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

27,091 ±1,418 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.2 (67,315  ±2,474) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.7% ±3.5% (912  ±572) 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

32,105 ±936 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$165,100 ±$20,538 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.1% ±2.4% (5,503  ±1,637.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

88.6% ±5.9% (39,909  ±3,172.3) 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% ±3.6% (12,420  ±1,685.5) 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

3.2% ±2.7% (2,196  ±1,861) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

10.1% ±2.2% (5,215  ±1,169) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,215 Total veterans ±1,169 4,171 Male ±1,021 1,044 Female ±513

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