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Columbus, OH Metro Area

2,106,541 Population
4,796.6 square miles 439.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 39.5 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$33,830 ±$576 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $31,293 ±$210
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $33,831 ±$77
$64,052 ±$1,189 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $56,111 ±$425
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $61,937 ±$94

12.9% ±0.8% (264,071  ±16,283) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 13.9% 1,578,673 (±0.3% / ±37,243)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 13.1% 41,852,315 (±0.1% / ±232,949)

23.8 minutes ±0.4 (23,619,925  ±465,971) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Ohio: 23.6 124,680,935 (±0.2 / ±939,838)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.1 3,967,761,655 (±0 / ±7,704,522)

Families

801,805 ±4,998 Number of households
  • Ohio: 4,685,447 ±12,486
  • United States: 121,520,180 ±153,217
2.6 ±0 (2,054,526  ±3,810) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,373,848 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 319,075,830

5.7% ±0.5% (29,745  ±2,848) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 146,391 (±0.3% / ±6,595)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,956,960 (±0% / ±30,916)

Housing

869,414 ±1,506 Number of housing units
  • Ohio: 5,217,617 ±708
  • United States: 138,539,906 ±4,033

$196,700 ±$3,083 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ohio: $151,100 ±$792
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $229,700 ±$366

16.1% ±0.7% (334,328  ±15,064.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 14.4% 1,662,448 (±0.3% / ±31,281.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 45,452,496 (±0.1% / ±185,008.3)

Social

92.1% ±1.2% (1,304,988  ±16,916.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 90.7% 7,280,635 (±0.5% / ±39,148.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.3% 197,114,684 (±0.1% / ±245,154.7)
37.7% ±0.8% (533,635  ±10,751.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ohio: 29% 2,325,610 (±0.3% / ±22,322.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 32.6% 72,750,461 (±0.1% / ±151,650)

10.7% ±0.5% (210,632  ±10,386.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 7.3% 807,308 (±0.2% / ±18,813.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 21.9% 67,268,668 (±0.1% / ±198,318.9)

8.9% ±0.4% (186,750  ±8,858) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Ohio: 4.8% 555,583 (±0.1% / ±13,569)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,728,721 (±0.1% / ±157,222)

6.7% ±0.3% (107,734  ±5,240) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 7.5% 680,310 (±0.1% / ±12,521)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,964,242 (±0% / ±66,854)
107,734 Total veterans ±5,240 98,471 Male ±5,176 9,263 Female ±1,502

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