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Columbus, OH Metro Area

2,078,725 Population
4,796.6 square miles 433.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 39.3 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,887 ±$588 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $30,038 ±$224
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $32,397 ±$64
$63,764 ±$1,469 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $54,021 ±$411
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $60,336 ±$86

13.1% ±0.6% (264,112  ±12,832) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 14% 1,582,931 (±0.3% / ±31,003)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,583,651 (±0.1% / ±241,032)

23.9 minutes ±0.3 (23,507,645  ±365,536) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Ohio: 23.6 123,498,455 (±0.2 / ±988,614)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,891,349,480 (±0.1 / ±8,012,447)

Families

788,946 ±4,874 Number of households
  • Ohio: 4,667,192 ±13,650
  • United States: 120,062,818 ±161,148
2.6 ±0 (2,025,867  ±4,113) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,341,139 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.7 317,631,941

6.3% ±0.6% (32,435  ±3,137) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 5.7% 151,068 (±0.3% / ±6,588)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,394 (±0% / ±28,051)

Housing

861,794 ±1,623 Number of housing units
  • Ohio: 5,201,701 ±535
  • United States: 137,407,308 ±4,122

$182,300 ±$2,723 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $144,200 ±$1,015
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $217,600 ±$437

16.7% ±0.7% (342,926  ±14,353) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 14.7% 1,697,262 (±0.3% / ±32,144.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.3% 46,073,420 (±0.1% / ±187,510.3)

Social

91.3% ±1.2% (1,272,685  ±16,251.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 90.3% 7,204,197 (±0.5% / ±36,432.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88% 194,667,872 (±0.1% / ±241,381.6)
35.9% ±0.7% (500,981  ±9,886.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ohio: 28% 2,231,350 (±0.3% / ±19,985.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 32% 70,765,915 (±0.1% / ±146,608.8)

10.2% ±0.5% (197,110  ±9,883) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ohio: 7.2% 793,757 (±0.2% / ±21,939.4)
  • about half the rate in United States: 21.8% 66,592,306 (±0.1% / ±178,397.9)

7.8% ±0.4% (162,623  ±9,064) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 4.5% 528,291 (±0.2% / ±18,004)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,525,855 (±0% / ±135,763)

7.5% ±0.3% (119,438  ±4,770) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Ohio: 7.9% 714,647 (±0.1% / ±11,136)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,204,605 (±0% / ±71,514)
119,438 Total veterans ±4,770 107,880 Male ±4,658 11,558 Female ±1,385

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